Unmistaken Child documents another world. It is a world where events that seem to be the products of belief are actually experienced. A deceased saint chooses to be reincarnated; his devoted assistant is asked to locate a child whose body is now inhabited by the saint. Worlds of knowledge that most of us call superstition are brought into play. What is most astounding is that everyone involved in this challenge agrees that the mission and the saint himself, in whatever form he appears, are sacred, and that finding and bringing him to recognition is, as the young assistant says, “a thousand times more important” than anything else. Nati Baratz, the Israeli filmmaker responsible for this amazing movie, started out to make a film about a group of Tibetan Jews. That he was drawn into filming the search for the reincarnated saint and willing to devote over five years of work to that effort is testimony to the power of attraction presented by the monks whose search is documented. That some of the highest spiritual leaders alive today, including the Dalai Lama, allowed Mr. Baratz and his crew to film their intimate meetings and sacred rituals testifies additionally to the deep trust these leaders invested in the filmmaker. We the audience can only watch, perhaps in disbelief, perhaps in reverence of the devotion to task – both the task of locating the reincarnated saint and the task of filming the arduous search. Nothing is asked of us as we watch events unfold. Detail by detail …
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Classic Game Room vBlog 2! Editing is complete on the 110 minute film about the 1999-2000 Classic Game Room, the VERYFIRST classic video game review show made for the internet! Screenings are happening and DVD release information is on the way. This vBlog takes a look at the tools, equipment and some outtakes from “Classic Game Room: The Rise and Fall of the Internet’s Greatest Video Game Review Show” being produced by documentary filmmaker Mark Bussler. Special Bonus! A mini review of Berzerk for the Atari 2600 with Edit Station 1, the Classic Game Room’s psychopathic editing system. Crack a beer and fire up the Atari 2600. Classic Game Room is back and ready to wreak havoc with the intergalactic force of 1000 flying oxen. They reviewed Atari, NES, Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Dreamcast and Playstation… too bad they didn’t get to Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 or Wii.
Video Rating: 4 / 5