TRANSLATING EDWIN HONIG: A Poet’s Alzheimer’s
Thematic Family Affairs Curated by Ross McElwee
A transfixing tribute to filmmaker Alan Berliner’s cousin Edwin Honig. Once a master of intricate phrasing, the acclaimed poet now struggles with a fading memory. Berliner tenderly captures Honig in the final stages of Alzheimer’s. His diminished capacity for phrases, faces, and even his own personal history is evident. He fails to recall his nephew’s name and words often escape him, but Honig now relies on a new vocabulary of sayings, noises, and gestures. Divided into sections, Berliner weaves these various articulations into a rhythm of sounds and expressions, creating poetry from the words that remain. ST
Director
Alan Berliner
Producer
Alan Berliner
Editor
Alan Berliner
Cinematographer
Ian Vollmer
Release Year
2010
Festival Year
2012
Country
United States
Run Time
20 minutes