Dear Zachary
Posted on | December 15, 2008 |
I was watching T.V. , flipping between the N.F.L games on CBS and Fox when my brother came into the room and told me to turn the channel to MSNBC. Not sure if anyone has seen Dear Zachary yet, but it is an extremely compelling and unbelievable documentary that has been showing on MSNBC for the past few weeks. It was named one of the top 5 documentaries of 2008 by the National Board of Review! It also recently won Best Documentary at the Orlando Film Festival and the Audience Award at the St. Louis International Film Festival.
If you don’t know the premise of the movie, read below:
What the press are saying:
• “…The talk of Slamdance… Dear Zachary is, above all, a virtuoso feat in editing, and Kuenne uses the material at his disposal to devastating effect… it’s impossible not to feel emotionally exhausted.” - Peter Debruge, Variety
• “Stamping it bluntly, Dear Zachary is one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen and I am not prone to such hyperbolic statements. Kurt Kuenne has remarkably turned this into a furious lightning bolt of reminiscence and outrage that is going to reach into each viewer’s chest and squeeze their heart like a tomato in a vice. Dear Zachary unfolds like a masterful thriller that never loses respect for the wake its tragedies have left. And still, by the end when we’re exhausted and ready to collapse under the weight of our tears and anger, Kuenne has created an absolute love letter to the art of parenting…it’s the best documentary of its kind probably since Errol Morris’ The Thin Blue Line. This is Oscar-worthy material and hopefully enough people on the committees will see it and cast a vote for next year.” - Erik Childress, eFilmCritic.com
• “Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father has been a cause célèbre on the festival circuit, sending audiences through the emotional wringer while reducing several critics to tears. Rarely have I been reduced to a raw nerve by a film. There isn’t one false emotion in Dear Zachary, no moment of doubt. Equal parts horror and epiphany, it is a masterpiece that draws its power from the best and worst within us.” - Ray Young, Flickhead.net
• “Dear Zachary is by far one of the greatest films I’ve seen in the last few years. The movie is phenomenal. It’s not just a movie, but a gift from one friend to another. The amount of honest love in this movie is overwhelming…that’s a rare experience to be sitting in a dark theater and truly witness something beautiful…you will walk out of this film completely different from how you walked in… By the end of the movie you will be wanting to write letters to Canada’s government or taking action of some kind. Dear Zachary is a powerful film that will inspire you in so many different ways.” - Muldoon, Ain’t It Cool News
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