Haskell Wexler, Mark Wexler, Milos Forman
Filmmaker and award-winning photojournalist Mark S. Wexler's portrays his famous cinematographer father and attempts to reconcil with him. It is clear from the outset that the impatient Haskell Wexler...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 18, 2005
Stats: 40 reviews
wow what a movie i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a cracking piece of documentary movie making because its really enjoyable as anything....this has got a really good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that the director of this...( read more)
Although this is supposedly a documentary about the relationship between cinematographer/filmmaker Haskell Wexler and his son Mark, it's pretty much a cheap therapy session for the son, allowing him to whine for 90 minutes about what a bad father his dad is/was, complete with sel...( read more)
Tell Them Who You Are is a fascinating look at a father by a son. What lifts this from being just any old family melodrama is that both Haskell Wexler (the father) and Mark Wexler (the son) are filmmakers.
Haskell Wexler was cinematographer on Silver City, The Thomas Crown Af...( read more)
Tell Them Who You Are is a documentary based on the cinematographer Haskell Wexler, his son, Mark Wexler is the director of this documentary on his father. The documentary is also a portrait of Haskell Wexler and features interviews from Jane Fonda, Milos Forman, Julia Roberts an...( read more)
A vivid picture of a relationship that, like most, isn't quite picture-perfect. full review
A stunning personal document -- funny, touching, vital. full review
Tell Them Who You Are is fascinating for the issues -- ethical, aesthetic, psychoanalytic -- it raises. But it doesn't fully come together. full review
If Tell Them Who You Are had been a sunny doc about how great the old man was, it wouldn't be worth seeing -- and wouldn't be the kind of film Haskell himself makes. full review
A self-reflexive slice of therapeutic documentary filmmaking. full review
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