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"HereisthequintessentialHancox'personaldocumentary,'afilminwhichboththeproductionandroleoftraditionaldocumentaryandautobiographicalfilmmakingarethrownintoquestion.UsinghiscameratorecordavisitouteastbytraintospendChristmaswiththefamily,Hancox....usedhisfamiliarizationwiththeannualritualasaformofascript...AlthoughweseethejourneythroughthesubjectivejudgmentofHancox’seyes,itishisintenttotransferthematerialfromoriginaleventtocamera,toediting,andfinallytotheaudience,sothatthepersonalcontentofthefilm...becomesuniversal.”MichaelWade,OntarioFilmStudies,CinemaParallel“Itisthehonestyofportrayalwhichisstaggering,forinsteadofanidyllicimagewhichmanyfilmmakerspresentofthemselves,Hancoxpresents(andthus,sees)himselfwithoutcinematicmake-up...with‘wildsync’sound(reminiscentofanearlyfilm),andwiththeuseofonlyavailablenaturallight.”