Especially going into this movie without any idea what it might be about, you're in for a treat.
Not only the movie bounces around between the two main characters, but they themselves do to. The film does an awesome job showing that, with clever editing and use of time. Showing the artist being addicted in a way to her hobby/profession too makes you think about what can go wrong in life even when you try to live your life the best and kindest way possible. It's a great mirror on the other side of the more 'standard' bad youth>junkie>jail>recovery story.
Only downside might be that it feels the makers of the documentary didn't stay as much in the background as you would expect. At times it feels that they steer (influence might be too big of a word here) the whole story a certain way, which also results in the two protagonists seeming unnatural. I do believe that they are real and not actors, but some interactions seem weirdly forced...
Not only the movie bounces around between the two main characters, but they themselves do to. The film does an awesome job showing that, with clever editing and use of time. Showing the artist being addicted in a way to her hobby/profession too makes you think about what can go wrong in life even when you try to live your life the best and kindest way possible. It's a great mirror on the other side of the more 'standard' bad youth>junkie>jail>recovery story.
Only downside might be that it feels the makers of the documentary didn't stay as much in the background as you would expect. At times it feels that they steer (influence might be too big of a word here) the whole story a certain way, which also results in the two protagonists seeming unnatural. I do believe that they are real and not actors, but some interactions seem weirdly forced...