Mona Hatoum-Measures of Distance

I like this film by Hatoum because it reveals a relationship very carefully. It is loaded with emotion. What her mother is saying suggests that this is a new kind of relationship for the pair and its having to blossom over a large distance. Hatoum is having to understand her mother and their relationship by looking at letters and photographs. The set up of the film suggests this examination. At first its really close up and then it moves away. What can we understand from looking closely and looking from farther away. Different perspectives. Identity/Identification can be found in different perspectives/views. I like how Hatoum limits the visuals and also the senses: at the end the screen is black, all you can hear is her mothers voice. Do we pay attention more to specific details when one of our senses is cut out/ suddenly change techniques away from what we expect?