First of all I must confess; I missed the middle of the film because I fell asleep. The idea of the film was wonderful; people all over the world send in clips of/from their lives and the directors put together a 'collage' and make a film. I've just seen the Sundance screening on YouTube. As was said in the Q&A afterwards, there are as many versions as there are directors willing to take the scenes and put them together. This version, however, for me, was slow and boring. What a waste. So many amazing clips must have been sent, and what was put together focused on individuals for way too long. Poorly shot, hand-held filming is not an issue. Labouring a point is. The directors said that they had no idea what they would do with the footage and that they had to make a structure. This 'structure' did not hang together for me at all. The directors started out calling it an experiment, and then later called it a film. It is an experiment, and I do not find it to be a very successful one other than to show editors what not to do. I really hope someone else has access to the raw footage and makes something more interesting, motivating, uplifting and representative of the human spirit.
Review of Life in a Day
