Comments on: POSITION AMONG THE STARS

By: A Conversation With Leonard Retel Helmrich, Hettie Naaijkens Retel-Helmrich, and Jasper Naaijkens (POSITION AMONG THE STARS) – Hammer to Nail

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:59:37 +0000

[…] core team behind the dazzling new documentary Position Among The Stars—read Pamela Cohn’s Hammer to Nail review—which chronicles a year in the life of the Shamuddins, an Indonesian family living in a poor, […]

By: Peterford28

Peterford28 — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:25:00 +0000

@ Maya15 and Gcom11: Jealous that you can’t make a wonderful documentary like this? I saw this film at Sundance Salt Lake City yesterday and it’s absolutely amazing! The ‘prequel’ was a bit granular and obviously shot in DV, so I’m sure the rest is shot in HD. I don’t think this documentary is staged.

By: Maya15

Maya15 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:16:00 +0000

Shame as by getting carried away with whipping around a small dv camerand trying to make the camera moves flash and orchestrate scenes the director takes away trueness from the characters as many of the shots seem contrived. Saw this at IDFA (it’s home festival) and there were many films screening that in my opinion should have one over this.

By: Gcom11

Gcom11 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:07:00 +0000

Did feel very much like the other two films, also key camera moves and edit moments were obviously staged and set-up which is a shame when film pitches itself as true verite .