Fingers. Sometimes it can be the smallest things in a movie which stand out to you and in this documentary, which is about the department within The New York Times which is responsible for writing the obituaries, it were the hands of the men and women working there which stood out to me. You’d expect that a journalist, who of course is doing lots of research will also spend lots of time behind a PC and be efficient at it. To my surprise though most of them couldn’t touch type. I would assume having that skill would be beneficial when deadlines are closing in. And although the newspaper has various articles written in advance for celebrities who are already old or are in bad health, there are often unexpected deaths (just think of Michael Jackson, Philip Seymour Hoffman or Prince). These journalists are dealing with death every day, but their perspective is different. They see it as a moment to stop and see what the impact of someone was on others. Continue reading →