If youd like to join in, please sign in or register. After her talk a message comes up on the screen stating that two days later she has passed away. Whatever you say, Peter, but the series is still crap. I cried a river. Paul Watson's documentary Rain in my Heart (2006) Dr Fatmir Terziu It's been suggested that television is a significant factor in the shifting boundary between the public and the private and between personal and public life; explore the suggestion through the critical examination of Paul Watson's documentary Rain in my Heart (2006). English. Two of the participants died during the filming. BBC - Rain in My Heart Watch now This powerful documentary from fly-on-the-wall pioneer Paul Watson provides a raw account of four alcohol abusers from the impoverished Medway towns of north. Both these facts are related to the fact that documentary brought on the television screen a private behaviour of these participants accessible to the public to fulfil the aim of the documentary itself. Watson writes on his purpose for this documentary saying, Should Vanda tell me the details of her abused life? To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account. Maureen was it? Rain in My Heart by filmmaker Paul Watson documents the intimate struggles of four severe alcoholics seeking treatment at Medway Hospital. It is what you said - I was addressing Mo's post instead of yours. Zendaya appears to reject Paul Mescals offer of his arm at SAG Awards 2023, Gary Gannon in hysterics after primary school student calls him ginger, Stigma receding? London: Routledge. & Heather N. (2005) Reality TV: Realism and Revelation. Here's one depicting true alcoholism in the UK, realism at its best. Visual representation of death is another clear fact of this argument. was already half-broken from the alcohol abuse and the mediocre life I. live, and watching this documentary broke the rest of it. But the camera stayed unflinchingly on both of them. My understanding was that she was drinking again. For instance in, In summary, in the outline of the problems and messages of. (1999) Television as Working-Through in Jostein Gripsrud ed. 3.4 Television; New reality and its representation. (1999) Television as Working-Through in Jostein Gripsrud ed. and Privacy Policy and steps will be taken to remove posts identified Perhaps becoming more acquainted with the realities of this dreadful disease will help save more lives and lead to a better world. Paul Watsons camera, present at every moment of their day, made it easier for their private lives to be turned public. On RTE1's Brides Of Franc (definitely a contender for stupidest title of the year), wedding planner Peter Franc arranged the nuptials for Audrey and Cameron. In this account it means that participants of Rain in my Heartare encouraged to tell their stories truthfully to anyone, without any thought that their words and their images are shown on television and the viewers can express different opinions on the following days, months or years. The programme managed to be entirely accessible while avoiding any attempt at dumbing down. As it is You Tube, people outside of the UK should be able to view it - it is 1:38.00 long. He expresses his disappointment but doesnt confiscate any alcohol. Poor Vanda died Rain In My Heart - Documentary. Seeing mark down that wine then vomit it back up was distressing. I have a friend, here, who's sister died at 26 of alcoholism. As fly-on-the-wall documentary, Rain in my Heart, created an interest for the viewers to follow the fate and the most intimate and private moments of these subjects: Mark, Vanda, Toni and Nigel. RAIN IN MY HEART, much-praised documentary about alcoholism, can be viewed in 10 parts on YouTube. Gauntlett, D. & Annette H. (1999) TV Living: Television, Culture and Everyday, Hall, S. (1980) Cultural Studies and the Centre: Some Problematics and Problems. and Common Knowledge. Tonis blood loss, Marks yellow eyes and the tears in his face and Vandas leg problems are the slightly repeated images on camera. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Filmmaker Paul Watson's four subjects had all ended up being treated at Midway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Kent, while Dr Gray Smith-Laing wearily surveyed the damage they had done to themselves. Posted by . Watching Rain in my Heart and experiencing the pain of the lead characters in this outstanding documentary helped me stay sober in the early days. The death of the older man was cruel, since he had made big changes in his life years beforehand. It is the most disconcerting moment, both emotionally and intellectually, when Nigel and Toni die. Can never really decide whether remembering literally everything would be an asset or a curse. All rights reserved. Rain in my Heart (2006) Brilliant, unflinching documentary on alcoholism by Kent film maker Paul Watson. A bit more of a light-hearted one.. How wonderful to watch a real, old fashioned documentary, rather than a whizz-bang 'reality programme'. Rain in my Heart (Full). The viewer was left shocked and bewildered that this could have happened - hadn't we just been listening to her a minute earlier? In an age of formatted reality with, as Barraclough put it, "guaranteed dynamics and resolutions", these are not the denouements you could promise or manipulate. This is on the one hand a factual subject of Rain in my Heart, but it is also a clear definition of the ways in which common-sense knowledge of social structures and situations are transformed through the intervention of television (Hall, 1980:21). Furthermore Vandas complaints that she is being manipulated by being asked questions only when she is drunk, bring the documentary to question. Two of the participants died during the filming. Menu. As Vanda spends her days moving from vodka to red wine she grows angrier and more upset with life. The fact that two of the four died during filming is grim testimony to the illness of alcoholism. after vomitting blood and nearly dying Toni said she was going out with her friends and was going to have a small glass of wine, she obviously didnt just have one because she then died 2 days later, it was really upsetting to think she was given one final chance and didnt take it. Your documentary "The Dimming" is 1,000 times more striking than I had ever anticipated. Silverstone talked of television as a great leveller of everyday life (Silverstone, 1994:87). Four alcoholics in and out of hospital over a two month period, reality at its most real. Each day I arrive to film I fervently hope that today will be better, they will be better. I dont know if this has been mentioned but the best documentary I have ever seen (and often rewatch episodes of) is the docuseries O.J. There was Nigel, in his late 50s or early 60s, who'd stopped drinking a decade ago but whose liver was so ruined by his past excesses that he was dangerously ill. And there was 26-year-old Toni, who doted on her baby son and wanted another child but binged incessantly with her girlfriends and constantly ended up in hospital with tubes coming out of her. I watched rain in my heart Jesus Christ its upset me and its lingering I dont like this feeling. depression doesn't (directly) cause the liver-related problems. Toni is no longer the bearer of responsibility but a perfect product, whose face, fragmented by close-ups, is the content of the documentary and the direct beneficiary of the spectators interest. respect of any healthcare matters. The narrative, which comes from a doctors storytelling source, gives a sense that these images denote these facts from their past but, in combination with other situations and images, will come to connote other aspects. appropriate medical assistance immediately. One of these missing people was a man with mental health issues, who kept escaping the ward he was admitted to to just leave. Oxford & London: Oxford. Rain in my Heart (2006) - "This powerful documentary from fly-on-the-wall pioneer Paul Watson follows four alcohol abusers over the course of a year" (1:38) (2006) That is a very emotional documentary that began in the hospital with 4 characters and ended . I think she just needed to meet someone that loved her and could coax her gently into walking away from the booze. The documentary charts the traumas faced by the alcoholics, as they try to cope with daily life and tries to highlight the emotional impact their struggle has had on those around them. The scary thing was the doctor saying that in one night they admitted a number of people vomitting blood who died.just horrible. It seemed disturbingly likely Vanda was telling the truth, and Watsons hesitation and disbelief must have caused her unnecessary pain regarding her story. Watson shines a light on the demons that encouraged his subjects to drink. A Mediahuis Website Family in Murray, S. & L. Ouellette, eds. The sadness it brings, and the fear. A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor died while sheltering from Russian strikes during the siege of Mariupol, her daughter has said. For McLuhan the yen of the TV medium for themes of process and complex reactions has enabled the documentary type of film to come to the fore (McLuhan, 2002:349). Frank Sinatra - Star! New York & London: New York University Press. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of Sober Recovery's Like all four characters of the documentary, Nigels body is not just on display; it is literally out of control, bearing the visible signs of a lifetime of alcohol abuse. I am personally disgusted by the film-making aspect of this documentary and an untrained, inexperienced person asking vulnerable people insensitive questions . It was about people who can remember pretty much everything that's ever happened to them; tell them a date and they'll tell you what happened. Silverman, K. (1983)The Subject of Semiotics. (2002) Visible Fictions: Cinema, Television, Video. For the doctors, they struggle knowing that many patients will end up back in their care and will see an early death. Instead it was bleak, wretched, frightening, repellant and compulsive. Dr told her one would kill her. DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. United Kingdom, 2006. Use of the forums is subject to our Terms of Use Fiske reveals, the television text has to be read and enjoyed by a diversity of social groups (Fiske, 1987:66). Even though Watson realises his aim to interview Vanda Easdown, at the end of the film she does not shake his hand. Until, hopefully, a day arrives when they decide they want to get well A day when there is only recovery available to them, or death.. He reveals the current explosion of reality TV depicts, rather than explains (Kompare, 2004:104). Ang, I. Pretty heavy stuff. Wrenchingly moving, I thought. In his theory, he provides an account of what he called the experience of television in all factuality which leads to Murrays argument TV establishes new relationships between reality and its representation (Silverstone & Murray, 1994:144 & 2004:5). Silverman reveals in unconscious discourse the past has priority over the present (Silverman, 1983:64). However the tendency of representation in nonlinear editing and opening the space for debatable argument when the messages and images are not distinctly remembered does not enhance the importance of television as a significant factor in the shifting of boundaries between the public and the private and between personal and public life. For one the subjects were extremely vulnerable which raises the question on whether they were in the right state of mind to consent to being filmed and telling their story. Originally Aired November 21, 2006; Is there no way in which, say, the Doctor that treats them, or the NHS Trust involved, can apply for a restriction to be placed upon the sale of Alchohol to them? Being an alcoholic is experiencing hell on earth. Mark especially got into a terrible state and it was difficult to watch and listen to him as he careered towards his own destruction. There was Vanda, a middle-aged woman who drank like there was no tomorrow (a not unlikely prospect) in order to forget the demons in her past, particularly a violent and sexually abusive father. Roberts and his camera crew accompanied the convoy of cars as they drove along the most lethal roads in the world and the viewer felt as jittery as the bodyguards, machine guns in their laps, when other cars approached or when they had to slow down at checkpoints. 1. That scene with mark throwing up the red wine still haunts me. Anyone catch this 'sobering' programme last night ? But, shure, it's a part of what we are, not just at Christmas but throughout the year, as a walk down Dame Street or Temple Bar any weekend from midnight onwards will testify. I guess I fixate on memory a lot and this one really stuck with me. ONE of the architects of the Australian songbook, George Young has died at age 70. I watched rain in my heart Jesus Christ it's upset me and it's lingering I don't like this feeling. . Once the subjects are released from the hospital they soon backtrack. So viewers can interpret and connect the documentary messages. 20M subscribers in the Documentaries community. As McLuhan reveals the visual power enables us to isolate the single incident in time and space. Nigel, in his 50s, died on camera from liver disease, although he had given up drinking 10 years earlier. Boarded by Turkish Customs officers. Two of the participants in Paul Watson's Rain in My Heart died during filming. 11.83 + 16.56 Postage. Patient aims to help the world proactively manage its healthcare, supplying evidence-based information on a wide range of medical and health topics to patients and health professionals. Silverstone argues that the creation of the individual as a social subject, involves the emergence of a space (Silverstone, 1994:9). The documentary shines a light on the disease and the traumas these subjects cannot overcome on their own. Patient is a UK registered trade mark. You Tube, 'Rain in My Heart' by Paul Watson. Now, with Rain in my Heart, Watson has made the documentary equivalent to The Lost Weekend (1945), the classic feature film about alcoholism, where a writer loses everything through drinking and ends up on a psychiatric ward. Among the main features of this standpoint is the feeling that, this television documentary has tended to concentrate too much on isolated private problems, such as one of the characters personal lives in the past, and not enough on the main problems that drinking causes to the participants of the documentary. Culture, Media, Language: Working Papers in Cultural Studies, 1972-79. Yes the ultimate bottom for many active alcoholics is a grave. To tell Vanda she was a silly girl while placing both hands on her shoulders is just WRONG. Not that documentary but theres a more recent one on YouTube about some of the Romanian orphans who were adopted by Brits. In fact, with no voice-of-God, no scene with establishers and with no conventional linear narrative, the documentary holds its entire context together. In particular I have mentioned Fiske as an advocate of Halls theory, and Brundson as one who has carried on a viewpoint similar in many ways to that of Silverstone. Egton Medical Information Systems Limited. That Vanda woman was doomed and I'm not suprised she passed away. Watson tells the camera, I wish I could say that had been deliberate.. In one scene he moves across the apartment spilling her glass all over the floor. 6 years ago, On one particular stretch of highway just outside Baghdad, 43 Shia travellers had been taken out of their vehicles the previous week and beheaded by the side of the road. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. The first, Toni Bailey, gave an interview where she claims she was not an alcoholic. Bignell says, television is a close-up medium, better suited to revealing character than to capturing action (Bignell, 1997:30). Paul Watson. By Stephen Laws in forum Can You Name This Film, By billy bentley in forum Ask a Film Question, By Jackdaw in forum Looking for a Video/DVD (TV), "I love all films that start with rain": award-winning poet. One died early in the filming, the fourth on camera. Enjoy your Guinness but take . London, Brundson, Ch. In similar way Chanan reveals, the documentary, especially on television, has the power to promote its subjects to the centre of public attention (Chanan, 2000:226). RAIN IN MY HEART . In similar way Chanan reveals, the documentary, especially on television, has the power to promote its subjects to the centre of public attention (Chanan, 2000:226). Change). The way the young man drank was hideous to watch. According to Bignell, close up (signifier), by the use of face only (definition), explores the meaning of intimacy (signified) (1997:30). On 11 July at dawn entered Bosphorus. They can bleed very easily and once they start to hemorrhage it is very difficult to stop. She asked the dr if she could go home before the weekend soshe could be with her son. It drove the point home for me that is for sure. New York & London: New York University Press. Ellis called it material garnered from everyday life (Ellis, 2002:114). Directed by. . London: Rain in my Heart(Paul Watson, 2006, BBC2, UK), Ju shkuat dhe erdht n Brigjet e Dafins. Rain in My Heart by filmmaker Paul Watson documents the intimate struggles of four severe alcoholics seeking treatment at Medway Hospital. Reminds me of a documentary I saw some years back about a young guy who went missing on the Isle of wight. What can be understood from this is that it underscores the emphasis on the private, personal and domestic (Biressi & Nunn, 2005:65). Rain in My Heart followed the arrhythmia of life - which, after all, is what documentary, as opposed to, say, art, is supposed to do. Just not worth it. Comments . He reveals the current explosion of reality TV depicts, rather than explains (Kompare, 2004:104). Tonis blood loss, Marks yellow eyes and the tears in his face and Vandas leg problems are the slightly repeated images on camera. (1995) Television Form and Public Address. Furthermore television has a power to offer importance on the imaginary perception of decoded messages. Registered in England. Some will have seen it before, I know Nicole has because she mentioned it the other day. Vanda reckoned it was demons from her past which made her use alcohol and Toni said it was the death of her child. The gratitude of Nigel in his deathbed in hospital is palpable and touching, as is the image of Toni, who collapsed conscious and dead on camera. Nigel, in his 50s, died on camera from liver disease, although he had given up drinking 10 years earlier. Picture 1 of 1. Anyway, I was thinking last night about Toni, the 26 year old girl that died. The two long scenes of Vanda, where she talks about her lover, her family and the death of her brother are good examples of this point. The poor Mother was just bereft. These sensitive moments caught on tape were not used to gain reality TV viewers, but to bear witness to the reality of alcoholism. He shows his stitches that sealed the slices that cover nearly the span of his forearm. Talk about taking your life in your hands. Vanda Easdown has promised the doctors at Medway that she is done with drinking, but just days after her release Watson arrives at Vandas apartment to find her drinking a bottle of vodka. You can make donations via PayPal at the Powell and Pressburger site. Privacy Policy. Rain in my Heartis an intimate portrait of its four subjects. Our clinical information meets the standards set by the NHS in their Standard for Creating Health Content guidance. JavaScript is disabled. In fact the beauty of her in the past presented on the screen space is not a simple comparison to her present. A dehydrated orchid won't have enough energy to bloom. Toni 26, a binge drinker died during the documentary. (2004) Reality TV: Remarking Television Culture. Patricias ed. Finally, Watson is allowed to continue his project and follow four patients, who have been admitted to a general hospital in Medway Maritime, in Kent.Investigating daily lives of the alcoholic people from Medway towns made it possible to display information about them and their lives. There are certainly points in this film in which I believe that the subjects were exploited. 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