Stories we tell

Stories we tell analysis

• Relations of Diane Polley and Michael Polley
• Affair between Diane Polley and Harry Gulkin
• Exploration of truth and how Sarah Polley approaches the truth in her vision
• Uses 8mm camera for cutaways
• Reliability of the documentary is questionable 

• Sarah starts the recounting of the candid interviews with a raw approach, where the audience don't know what words might be true. People question the documentary as she has nothing to gain by lying.
• "Different reactions to different events"
• Editing can knock the truth as the it turns the story into something completely different. Sarah's vision may differ to everyone elses.
• As time passes, truth matters less. The emotions and memories people leave behind are far more important.