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In Reply to: Paper Clips posted by Eldragon on June 23, 2006 at 20:33:32:
I'm happy to answer any questions y'all may have about the film...
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Hi,I'm sure you struggled with the whole 911 issue while making this film, and didn't want to distract the viewers from the subject at hand: the Holocaust; however, I was surprised that the date,"September 11, 2001," was posted on the screen, and no mention was made of the significance of the date. I am wondering if, instead of ignoring the date, you might have just avoided it completely, by not letting the viewers know what date the train car was being moved.
Just curious as to why it was decided to post the date, with no mention of the horrific events that took place then.
While the casualties of 911 do not come close to those incurred in the Holocaust, it is still a National tragedy that will never be forgotten, and was also caused by hatred.
Besides that - I enjoyed the film and I think the project was unique.
Thanks, Pam
This film sounds really interesting -it's now #1 in my Netflix
nt
Thanks you- I can only hope your film is good - as you are charming.
The decision about whether and how to acknowledge 9/11 was made after a lot of thought. We felt the fact that the railcar was traveling to Whitwell on that date was too significant to ignore, but, as you said, we also didn't want to go off track with the story. We thought if we added a subtle acknowledgement of the matching dates it would leave the audience able to make their own meaning out of it. In fact a great majority of viewers who've talked about this have said they understand why we handled it the way we did, although I can understand and appreciate that you don't agree with that.In fact we filmed a fairly lengthy sequence of some Whitwell kids traveling to NY and New Jersey to make a presentation at a Synagogue, share Shabbat dinner with a Jewish family in Jersey, meet and pal around with local kids, etc. We also went to Ground Zero with all the kids... In fact that sequence has been resurrected on the bonus features DVD in the 2-Disc package that's now available. We all think it makes a really nice addition to what one sees in the 'official' film.
eb
I think if you start making exceptions for certain dates then you will find yourself unable to mention any date.
The 11th of September is of course the date of the US backed military coup in Chile that resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands.
Its wouldbecome a labyrinthine night mare.
...should be better known, I must say I don't really follow your reasoning. For better or worse 9/11 is now securely entrenched in the collective mythic consciousness of the vast majority (not only in the US) as the date of the terror attacks in NY, PA, and at the Pentagon. I can see the value in pointing out, at appropriate times and places, that this date has other more questionable references. But I think it's a bit naive to think that many people will find the date confusing as you suggest.Certainly my vast experience with the reaction to this film indicates this, as you're the first person to make this particular point.
Whilst this may be true in the USA and among certain other groups, I don't think it is at all universal.
There is a phrase or thought that the world changed after the World Trade Centre (tries to think of politically neutral term)... event.
The only thing that changed in reality was that the USA learned it is not different from the rest of the world where terrorist attacks have been happening for mmm ever, more or less.
Perhaps the USA will now finance/arrange/support less of them.
That would be a start.
I haven't seen your film which I don't think has been shown here in Australia yet (at least not to my knowledge) so I am at a loss to comment on specific inclusions in it.
I gather it's been shown at least a little bit in Australia, because there was a followup event in May, during which 350 Jewish bikers descended on Whitwell, Tennessee to celebrate the Paper Clips Project and donate a substatial amount of educational technology to the Whitwell Middle School. About 5 of the bikers had come in from Australia...It's possible the Australians heard about it through other channels but most people who've responded to the project over the last couple of years have done so after seeing the film.
I have no idea if its been shown on free to air TV.
Outside the mainstream cinema and the big cities, "left-field" films tend to get put on by film societies.
I will ask my ex (who is on the committee of the Noosa Film Society) if she has heard of it... or even I guess if she would be interested in it.
Could I refer her to you for background information?
nt
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