| NOBODY'S
BUSINESS
Alan Berliner takes on a formidable and reluctant subject in NOBODY’S
BUSINESS: his father, Oscar Berliner. The filmmaker’s attempts
to coax his father into telling the story of his life are harshly and
insistently countered by the elder Berliner, who frequently remarks,
“My life is nothing!” Through his protestations and the
filmmaker’s persistence we learn a great deal about Oscar Berliner
and his eccentric methods of dealing with a past alternately joyous
and painful. (1996, 58 min)
“SPLENDID…Mr.
Berliner’s confrontation between father and son lights up with
verbal and cinematic humor as it delves into the family’s past,”
– New York Times
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