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Submit your thoughts on THE LAST LETTER.
We invite you to respond to the questions below or add your comments. Selected submissions will be posted on our Talkback page, so check back regularly and join the discussion.
- Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman staged THE LAST LETTER with minimal visual effects, using only shadows to highlight a bare set and a sole actress. Why do you think he chose to do this? What are the advantages and disadvantages of filming in this style?
- “I want you know to know what went on during my last days,” Anna writes her son in THE LAST LETTER. “Dying will be easier with this in mind.” What lessons and legacies would you impart to your loved ones in a final letter?
- Based on a novel, THE LAST LETTER was first adapted as a play before Wiseman made it into a film. Do you think there are any advantages of one genre—prose, play, or film—over another? Which one is most effective in communicating its message to an audience?
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