If you don't have a dog waiting for you at home after seeing A Letter to True, you'll want one.
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02/25/05
A Letter to True (2004)
48 %
Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 11 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 5.4/10
Runtime: 78 mins
Theatrical Release: 01-08-2008
Synopsis: Named for one of director-photographer Bruce Weber's beloved golden retrievers, A LETTER TO TRUE is a cinematic essay--in the free-association style of Weber's CHOP SUEY (2001)--documenting his obsessions and concerns in a post-9/11 world with emphasis on the importance of canine... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Director: Bruce Weber
Screenwriter: Bruce Weber
Producer: Nan Bush
Screenwriter: Chin-Yen Yee
Composer: John Leftwich
Screenwriter: Bruce Weber
Producer: Nan Bush
Screenwriter: Chin-Yen Yee
Composer: John Leftwich
Reviews
Weber is a sly raconteur with great names to drop, and his doggie footage is a kick.
01/07/05
What at first glance seem like random episodes involving animals are actually lyrical impressions connected by the idea of unconditional love.
01/06/05
Top Critic
This is an elegant junk drawer of a movie, and the junkiest aspect is Weber's wooly-minded sentimentality about his pampered, shampooed, fussed-over pooches, which receive better medical attention than the poor Haitians he briefly frets about.
01/06/05
Like a blog, True is a rambling discourse into the heart and mind of its creator, a series of disassociated musings that aren't intended for a wide audience.
01/06/05
While Weber's voice-over throughout the film often strains for profundity on subjects such as 9/11 and the Iraq War, he's concise and on point in relating Bogarde and Forwood's love story.
01/06/05
More a quasi-autobiographical meditation than a conventional documentary, A Letter to True continues Bruce Weber's scrapbook approach to cinema.
12/12/04
...the disjointed nature of the work [of A Letter to True] kept me from embracing it.
10/11/04
A collage of everything that's important to Weber. But what's important to a rich, successful photographer/filmmaker with time and money on his hands is not necessarily important to anyone else.
10/08/04
Eventually, Weber's theme is recognizable, but never cogent...animal lovers looking for a canine paean will find small nuggets to savor
10/03/04
Even dog lovers, who will no doubt be entranced by the undeniable charms of Weber's frisky menagerie of pooches, will ultimately wish that he had extended his efforts on a coffee-table photography book rather than this confused cinematic tone poem.
09/22/04
Top Critic
A richly textured collage held together by free association, a pic that's pleasing to look at, but never forms a coherent picture.
09/21/04
Top Critic
Pretty pictures, indeed, and highly diverting, but the spoken text which accompanies them is oftimes troublingly glib.
09/18/04
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09/09/04
It's all deliberately homemade and raggedy, and that's where its charm comes from, along with the delightful old-music score.
09/09/04
The film is as two-dimensional as a photo album -- and certain juxtapositions suggest such shallowness that one can only hope they're accidental.
09/09/04
About as exciting as watching someone else's home movies -- albeit, beautifully photographed ones.
09/09/04
It's a colorful collage with a few choice tidbits amid run-of-the-mill kibble.
09/09/04
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