Gunter Sachs was also interested in astrology, publishing a bestselling book on the subject and creating the grandly titled Institute for the Empirical and Mathematical Examination of the Possible Truth of Astrology in Relation to Human Behaviour.
In the mid-1990s he set up an Institute for the Empirical and Mathematical Examination of the Possible Truth of Astrology in Relation to Human Behaviour which studied data from the official statistics office in Switzerland.
He commissioned a statistical study of astrology, setting up the "empirical examination of the possible truth of astrology in relation to human behaviour" to gather and analyse 10m items of data from Swiss official statistics (it all cost less than a luxury car, he said).
What detains us is her cool, clinical examination of the remains, the truths that are returned when she scrapes at the marrow of experience.
Park continues his strenuous examination of the relations between truth and imagination.
A disquieting examination of the nature of truth and the fallibility of memory: the more we see and hear, the less we seem to know.
As is often the case with this author, the defendant is unforthcoming about why he committed the crime, if crime there is … It's an examination of the disconnection between truth and reality that is tantalising and disturbing in equal measure.
That said, the drama has a fantastic core cast and, at times, its examination of the tenuousness of "the truth" is well-realized and thoughtful.
Unexpectedly moving in unanticipated ways, this unusual film is a look at the complexities of one specific family's story as well as a broad examination of the interlocking nature of truth, secrecy and memory, not to mention the endless intricacies of human relationships.
Family of Secrets is much more than a non-fiction narrative of political history; Baker has created an historical document that is, ultimately, an act of courageous patriotism for a nation in need of self-examination and the truth.
