Response to "This Must be the Place"

Focusing on “Hill” specifically --

     I really do love the use of video as it is incorporated in this man’s story. The use of video  helps to also tell the story of the place. We are able to see our speaker, and so we understand him in a different way than we are able to in print. 

     I find it interesting that the video waits until about five-minutes in to tell how the building became abandoned and how the man came to live there. It is still a bit unclear, and maybe that is the point of the video. I also don’t believe his name was every given? This aspect is interesting because while we can see the man’s face, we still know little personal information about him. What a funny twist from the usual narrative pieces we find.

     The man’s story is uplifting in a strange way. I related deeply to when he talked about the ways in which people responded to his living in an abandoned building. I was and still am somewhat taken aback by a man choosing willingly (though we’re not entirely sure of his social status) to live in an abandoned building, but also find it cool because of his positive attitude surrounding his environment.