Maya Lin - A Strong Clear Vision
by Freida Lee Mock
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Actor: Maya LinDirector: Freida Lee Mock
Brand: New Video
Cinematographer: Don Lenzer
Cinematographer: Ed Marritz
Producer: Freida Lee Mock
Writer: Freida Lee Mock
Editor: William T. Cartwright
Producer: Jessica Yu
Producer: Terry Sanders
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: New Video Group
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- MAYA LIN - A STRONG CLEAR VISION (DVD MOVIE)
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DVD Review: Maya Lin
Summary: 3 Stars
Narrative and Thematic SummaryAt the age of 20 and still a student at Yale University, Maya Lin won a national design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Mock recounts through interviews with Lin, the veterans who organized the memorial project and the complicated, politically messy process that led to erecting the famously moving piece. After much public protest (mainly from Vietnam War veterans), hearings were held to consider ways to incorporate more traditional images in the monument. Somehow, all the details were worked out. Throughout the entire controversy, Lin stood up to her critics with an intellectual integrity that ultimately aided in the persuasion of the construction of the monument.
Lin's continued growth as an artist and as a human being is the real subject of this film. Mock shows Lin working on other soon-to-be famous designs such as her Civil Rights Memorial in Alabama, another large engraved stone piece. She also shows Lin visiting sites of other sculptures and buildings she would design. It is clear how strongly she relates to the earth and to the ground on which her structures will stand, and how directly her natural surroundings determine the direction of her work.
Overall, the film is a fitting tribute to an artist who has had a wondrous career for someone so young, and has a long great career ahead.
Technical Evaluation
Cinematography
The cinematography in "Maya Lin" is somewhat unadorned, as it is with most documentary films. It is more on a realistic level that is concerned with content rather than form or technique. Due to this realistic style, however, the film does a decent job in portraying the intense size of the Vietnam Memorial, the political symbolism of the documents against the Memorial and the artistic symbolism behind Lin's design drawings. It also does a good job in displaying what future generations will consist of and how they will be affected by segregation decisions of blacks in the Civil Rights movement.
Another aspect of the film in which the cinematography comes into play would be the scenes where various documents and designs were scanned by the camera. Throughout the period of the film that involved the Vietnam Memorial controversy, there were numerous shots of various documents related to the issue. One notable document was the one that stated that there should be revisions to the existing design (such as using a white wall instead of black and having a statue if Vietnam soldiers included in the design), otherwise the Fine Arts Committee would stop all further progress in the implementation of the design. The official document that described the above statement was filmed from a high-angled close-up shot to make it look like we, the viewers, were the actual members of the Fine Arts Committee (or some other body) looking down at this document and trying to make a decision as to the continuation or termination of the design. The shot also focuses on certain words within the document (words that described the memorial as being a disgrace, etc) in order to symbolize that protestors did not understand the art of the design and were instead focusing more on political issues dealing with it. By focusing on these political issues within the shot, the film shows that there is somewhat of a "political smear" in the Fine Arts Committee in that the committee, as well as other protestors, would rather stress political issues (ie- using a white wall instead of black) instead of appreciating the design for what it truly was.
Sound
The sound in "Maya Lin" does a good job in displaying maturity levels, emotions, and symbolic meanings in terms of the Civil Rights movement. The levels of maturity, for example, are expressed in the different sounds and voices of the players. A good example of this concept would be the way Lin sounds in her younger years opposed to the way she sounds in her adult years. The scene where Lin was standing at the podium (when she found out that she had won the contest for the Vietnam Memorial) revealed her immaturity. At this point in her life she was an undergraduate student of about 22 years of age. Her constant giggling was a way of releasing tension and nervousness because she knew that she had beaten many other famous, well-known architects. Also, the fact that she still did not quite understand that she had won the contest displayed her immaturity. This first step of success for Lin was a certain clash with her success as a mature, successful artist that we see throughout the rest of the film. The mature, successful Maya Lin that we see in many interview clips (possibly ten years after she won the Vietnam Memorial contest) are due to the calm, confident sounds of her voice when she speaks. Her mature sounds present her as an intelligent individual who has learned a lot from her work over the years.
Lastly, the music in "Maya Lin" does a decent job in portraying certain symbolic meanings. A notable scene that would support this concept would be the scene where the blacks saw the completed Civil Rights monument. As the black people (including Rosa Parks) walked toward the monument for the first time, the famous Civil Rights Movement Anthem played in the background. This anthem was titled "We Shall Overcome." This song did a great job in describing the endless efforts of the blacks for social equality. The words "we shall overcome" alone have powerful meaning in that the blacks would eventually overcome the social and economic oppressions against their race.
Description of Maya Lin - A Strong Clear Vision
Studio: New Video Group Release Date: 05/27/2003 Run time: 83 minutes Rating: NrBestsellers in DVD
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