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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
Like David Holzman’s Diary, it turns a filmmaking project into an unstable self-portrait, blurring performance, documentary observation, and the anxious comedy of trying to make meaning through a camera.
02
Why this pick
A playful, restless essay film about authorship and deception that matches the original’s delight in unreliable filmmaking and its willingness to make the act of filming the real subject.
03
Why this pick
Its exuberant city portrait and overt fascination with cameras, editing, and spectatorship make it a foundational companion to Holzman’s attempt to understand everyday life by recording it.
04
Why this pick
Kiarostami’s elegant hybrid of documentary and reenactment shares the fascination with identity being reshaped by cinema, while retaining a humane, quietly mischievous uncertainty about what is being captured.
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Why this pick
This witty early miniature turns filming into voyeurism and retaliation, offering a compact, mischievous ancestor to Holzman’s concern that the camera changes private life rather than simply recording it.
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01 / THE STORY
A young filmmaker decides to make a movie about his day-to-day activities in an attempt to understand himself and get his life back in order. A precursor to reality television and vlogs.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
David Holzman
Penny Wohl
Pepe
Sandra
Girl on the subway
Sandra's Boy Friend
Max, Penny's agent
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