Slog - Comments on Surfwise http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/surfwise Surfwise, a documentary by the director who made Hype!, didn't get much play in Seattle—just a week in the theaters, nobody went nuts for it—but it comes out on DVD this week and you should watch it, preferably after you've been swimming. It's all about a man, his brood, surfing, patriarchal tyranny, health nuttiness, and so on: Sometime in the mid-1950s, Dorian Paskowitz, MD, had a revelation. He was at the peak of his career (Stanford graduate, president of the American Medical Association in Hawaii, asked to run for governor) but felt horrible about himself and his life. He... Copyright 2008 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:25:36 -0800 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:57:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Yeah, interesting story. It's a family story. You don't need to be a surfer, which I'm not. The hook is how they all grew up in that little RV. The rest is how all the growing up and growing old plays out in a big family. I liked it.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/surfwise#c1084632 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/surfwise#c1084632 Film Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:39:18 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Reminds me of when we lived in a small cabin, all six of us, north of Kaslo BC.

We may have been poor then, but I remember it as a lot of fun, and enjoyed floating on logs across Kootenay Lake (which is a few miles across, FWIW) by ourselves.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/surfwise#c1084759 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/surfwise#c1084759 Film Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:31:21 -0800 Comment by Julie Russell Colon injuries or not...sounds like a better education than most get in the public school systems..or being home schooled in the traditional sense.

Haven't seen it but will check it out.

]]> Julie Russell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/surfwise#c1084800 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/surfwise#c1084800 Film Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:46:32 -0800 Comment by ahava Sounds interesting. I love stories of eccentric families. It's now at the top of my netflix list.

]]> ahava http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/surfwise#c1084832 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/surfwise#c1084832 Film Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:57:46 -0800