2004 | United States | Documentary

Public Lighting

  • English - 77 mins
  • Director | Mike Hoolboom
  • Writer | Mike Hoolboom
  • Producer | Mike Hoolboom

STATUS: Released

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How do we tell the story of a life? What cruel reduction of an image will stand (in the obituary, the family photo album, the memory of friends) for the years between a grave and a difficult birth? Public Lighting examines the current media obsession with biography, offering up “the six different kinds of personality” (the obsessive, the narcissist) as case studies and miniatures, possible examples.

Biography Memory Obsession Personality Media Identity Life Reflection Image Study
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