Trying to Kiss the Moon (1994)

In this unique approach to the autobiographical film format, director Stephen Dwoskin pieces together home movies shot by his parents in New York City, a video letter recorded during the 1990 Gulf War by filmmaker Robert Kramer, and raw footage filmed by Dwoskin himself. A veteran of the New York independent film scene of the 1960s, Dwoskin constructs a film poem in which the strong sentiment of his personal story—he was stricken by polio and eventually confined to a wheelchair—never overwhelms the beauty of the film’s distinct form.

Released

1994-08-11

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

95 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Stephen Dwoskin

TMDB rating

7.5/10 from 3 votes