Friday, March 14, 2008

I've Seen It All

Saw two documentaries this month:

First up, last night I took myself to Helvetica, so good. Its a movie about typeface designs origins and roots in the type font Helvetica. It pits the modernist Helvetica lovers against the post-modernists who find the conformity of helvetica to be the black hole of artistic expression. The designers that were interviewed were smart and hilarious. I left the movie looking at text and my surroundings little different.


Earlier this month I saw The Business of Being Born. I had seen Rikki Lake interviewed on Ellen about the movie then I called Bethany, my resident midwife and she said it was great. Bethany has really gotten me interested in birth and the ills of our societies ideals on the the subject. She has really changed my view on birth in america and this movie about sums it up. 
Watch the trailer then netflix it, its amazing!!!

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