A blending of documentary and experimental narrative strategies, combining stunning 16mm landscape cinematography with a bold, lyrical voice-over to share two San Francisco stories: the history of the Golden Gate Bridge as "suicide landmark," and the story of a butch dyke in San Francisco searching for love and self-discovery. The Joy of Life is a film about landscapes, both physical and emotional.... (Full plot summary below)
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A blending of documentary and experimental narrative strategies, combining stunning 16mm landscape cinematography with a bold, lyrical voice-over to share two San Francisco stories: the history of the Golden Gate Bridge as "suicide landmark," and the story of a butch dyke in San Francisco searching for love and self-discovery. The Joy of Life is a film about landscapes, both physical and emotional.
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| CinematicalKim VoynarJenni Olson draws a stark portrait of loneliness and despair, tinged with hope, in The Joy of Life. |
| Nick's Flick PicksNick DavisThe Joy of Life offers a truncated and incomplete but a nonetheless promising start to that looming and hopefully brilliant career. |
| indieWireBrandon JudellAnother perfect film with a masterful screenplay |
| Film ThreatEric CamposThe Joy of Life is an experimental film with an experiment that works. |
| San Francisco Bay GuardianDennis HarveyThe Joy of Life is a cinematic love poem of sorts, just semirequited, as most things involving love are. |
| User ReviewJenni OI could watch this movie a hundred times. In fact, I have. |
| User ReviewPrivate UA purposefully meandering meditation on lust, love and death in San Francisco the cumulative impression of which is sublimely affirmative. |
