Last minutes with Oden
Written by John MacphersonYou may have seen this film before. It’s an old one, made about 5 years ago.
If you haven’t seen it, find a quiet moment to do so.
When I watched it, it was the first film I was aware of that had been shot on a DSLR (Canon 7D) and I was mightily impressed. But I was more impressed by the story. It is beautifully told and profoundly moving.
It’s all about us, ordinary people and the little things in our lives that help us become big. It stuck in my mind, maybe it will stay with you too.
Author — John Macpherson
John MacPherson was born and lives in the Scottish Highlands. He trained as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards, before completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, and then qualified as a Social Worker in Disability Services. Along the way he has cooked on canal barges, trained as an Alpine Ski Leader & worked as an Instructor for Skiers with disabilities, been a canoe instructor, and tutor of night classes in carpentry, stained glass design and manufacture, and archery. He has travelled extensively on various continents, undertaking solo trips by bicycle, or motorcycle. He has had narrow escapes from an ambush by terrorists, been hit by lightning, caught in an erupting volcano, trapped in a mobile home by a tornado, kidnapped by a dog's hairdresser, rammed by a basking shark and was once bitten by a wild otter. He has combined all this with professional photography, which he has practised for over 35 years. He teaches photography and acts as a photography guide & tutor in the UK and abroad. His biggest challenge is keeping his 30 year old Land Rover 110 on the road. He loves telling and hearing stories.
Discussion (4 Comments)
Five years later, and it still makes me choke. Probably one of my all-time favourites.
Yes Michal, me too, me too.
Just saw this. Thank you for keeping the link alive. Pretty tough to watch.
Glad you found it Grassman. “Where are the stories” some people say. All around us, all around us. It’s a fine piece of film-making and worth flagging up.