True Story (2004)

At 80, Robert Frank created True Story, a film reflecting on memory and resilience by combining still photographs, home movies, and film excerpts. Moments of joy (like a lobster claw and toes against the sky) contrast with sadness (a son's desperate, tiny letters revealing loneliness). Descriptions of physical decline (swollen toes, gum disease) are juxtaposed with images of strength (an old tree stump supporting another).