Tiny:
A Story About Living Small (2014/First Run DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: A Documentary: B+
Imagine
living in a home only a big as small RV or van. For the last half
century, the American Dream Home has been bigger the better, but yet
with the current economy and environment, some people have opted for
a different way of living ...smaller. And now having tiny built
houses on wheels no bigger than a parking space to bypass building
codes and zoning laws! First Run Features a story on how people and
their innovations can make this dream a reality.
Christopher
Smith's Tiny: A Story About Living Small (2014) features some
of the tiniest houses you will ever see. Hand built, these houses
were designed to save space and become more efficient energy savers.
The bathroom, shower and kitchen are all in the same room. The
living room, dining room are all the same with different fold out
chairs or tables with hidden shelves or compartments. While living
like this it saves money, but leaves little space for material
things. People who decide living with as little as possible, is more
free than living with a lot of stuff. This program shows how a house
like this is built with several other homes that people live in now.
This
will also be interesting for those who are interesting in living in
mobile homes/studios, while it can be see as like the ultimate
traveling camping home, it is only for those with the constitution to
live with as little as possible.
Running
barely over an hour, the anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image and
lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo sound are average, but passable. We
get many extras though, including interviews with filmmakers, behind
the scenes, bonus scenes, shorts and trailers.
-
Ricky Chiang
