Bernard & Doris (2007)
Released: October 17, 2007 (Hamptons International Film Festival)
Director: Bob Balaban
*****
Director and producer Bob Balaban brazenly admits in the commentary track "Bernard & Doris" is a invention. The rationale, according to him, is no one can actually know what happened between the titular characters through their time together so, using the available information, a story was constructed linking them. Actually, the script was completed before Balaban got involved with the production. But, as long as we´re fudging the truth, why stop with the film? Some liberties are always taken with so-called true stories; that much is a given. But when at least half the finished product is fictional? Moreover, it doesn´t provide any historical document of their lives together, only a patchwork of the real and fictitious.
*****
Bernard & Doris DVD Review
Director: Bob Balaban
*****
Director and producer Bob Balaban brazenly admits in the commentary track "Bernard & Doris" is a invention. The rationale, according to him, is no one can actually know what happened between the titular characters through their time together so, using the available information, a story was constructed linking them. Actually, the script was completed before Balaban got involved with the production. But, as long as we´re fudging the truth, why stop with the film? Some liberties are always taken with so-called true stories; that much is a given. But when at least half the finished product is fictional? Moreover, it doesn´t provide any historical document of their lives together, only a patchwork of the real and fictitious.
*****
Bernard & Doris DVD Review
