Home for Christmas

Home for Christmas

Release date : January 1, 1978
Runtime : 46m
Countries of origin : Canada /
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Director : Rick Hancox /
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January 1, 1978 46m Canada More
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"Here is the quintessential Hancox 'personal documentary,' a film in which both the production and role of traditional documentary and autobiographical filmmaking are thrown into question. Using his camera to record a visit out east by train to spend Christmas with the family, Hancox .... used his familiarization with the annual ritual as a form of a script... Although we see the journey through the subjective judgment of Hancox’s eyes, it is his intent to transfer the material from original event to camera, to editing, and finally to the audience, so that the personal content of the film... becomes universal.” Michael Wade, Ontario Film Studies, Cinema Parallel “It is the honesty of portrayal which is staggering, for instead of an idyllic image which many filmmakers present of themselves, Hancox presents (and thus, sees) himself without cinematic make-up... with ‘wild sync’ sound (reminiscent of an early film), and with the use of only available natural light.” Richard Stanford
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Amanda Hancox
sister, from Toronto
Scot Denton
Amanda's husband
Rick Hancox
filmmaker
Mary Hancox
Mom, P.E.I.
Bill Hancox
Dad, P.E.I.

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  • title:Home for Christmas
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1978
  • Runtime:46m
  • Genres:
  • Countries of origin: Canada ·
  • Original Language:
  • Director: Rick Hancox /
  • Writers:
  • Production companies:
  • Overview:"Here is the quintessential Hancox 'personal documentary,' a film in which both the production and role of traditional documentary and autobiographical filmmaking are thrown into question. Using his camera to record a visit out east by train to spend Christmas with the family, Hancox .... used his familiarization with the annual ritual as a form of a script... Although we see the journey through the subjective judgment of Hancox’s eyes, it is his intent to transfer the material from original event to camera, to editing, and finally to the audience, so that the personal content of the film... becomes universal.” Michael Wade, Ontario Film Studies, Cinema Parallel “It is the honesty of portrayal which is staggering, for instead of an idyllic image which many filmmakers present of themselves, Hancox presents (and thus, sees) himself without cinematic make-up... with ‘wild sync’ sound (reminiscent of an early film), and with the use of only available natural light.” Richard Stanford
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