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Documentary review (Lift)

Synopsis - The documentary "Lift" was directed in 2001 by Marc Isaacs and is a 25 minute documentary which follows Isaacs as he stands in a lift for an undefined amount of time as he gets to know each person individually, Isaacs asks questions to each person to see how they respond, at first some are quite confined, however they eventually begin to confidently exchange conversation with Issacs throughout the documentary. Review - The documentary is an interesting piece but at first glance it seems like a boring film with nothing happening however once you give it a chance you are overwhelmed with different people with different views on life and as each person tells stories of things they've experienced, it grabs your complete attention, for example a man tells the story about his parents deaths and how he has to cope with that, another involves a man who goes out to find a girlfriend  occasionally but comes back drunk and unlucky. My favorite part of th...