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Getting Stronger Every Day

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  • Drama

Overview

"There are two movies I saw on TV about boys who were taken from their families and then returned to them years later. One boy was on a fun spaceship for years and the other boy was kidnapped and molested. These boys were never the same again and they just couldn't re-integrate into the family. I saw these movies when I was little. I've often described them to people, always paired together. They are sort of the comedy and tragedy version of the same story and it is a mundanely spiritual story. Getting Stronger Every Day includes these boys' tales, but they are like mystical objects placed on the living reality of the man storyteller. In other parts of the movie actual mystical objects hover in peoples lives without a myth or story attached. I like to think about how these dimensions interact simply and can be enacted: real life / story / worldly / spirit / video / flat drawing."

Keywords

  • woman director
  • child kidnapping

Details

Status
Released
Release date
January 1, 2001
Original language
English
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Director
Miranda July
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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