I’m Not Dead Yet
I'm Not Dead Yet was featured in The Independent
in an article by Amy Raphael:
"[Stopford] is acutely sensitive to the subject…simply doing her best not to tell the story but to stand back and let the story tell itself."
BBC commissioner, Nick Fraser:
"I'm Not Dead Yet is a very brave film. I'm not sure what qualties are required to make a film that is at once cold-eyed and compassionate about your own family, but Elizabeth possesses them in abundance. It is a very beautiful film".
Executive Producer, Passion Pictures, John Battsek:
"Powerful, moving and beautifully crafted, INDY is an extraordinary study of the difficulties many people face trying to come to terms with the emotional pain they have suffered throughout their lives. It is also a painful reminder of the constant struggle human beings have in communicating openly with the people they love".
Film maker, Alan Berliner:
"your grandmother is a wonderful (albeit complex) character, with tremendous dignity. as the film evolves, and we learn more about your mom's traumatic childhood, it gets more and more difficult to untangle all the possible psychological and emotional reasons why grandmother would or would not be doing (or saying) some of the things she's doing (or not doing) or saying.
the diagram of disfunction as described in your film is profound and lucid. how surprising that by the end of the film, the mystery man - your grandfather (who we don't see too much of until near the end- and by then, we study his face as if looking into the eyes of the devil), really becomes the central part of the film. the living characters are all in many complicated ways still sorting out the secrets, the pain and the hurt he inflicted upon his family - and that was, in the end, his legacy.
i was most interested in your point of view. you are in a very privileged position to be in the middle of this story, able to withstand (and sort out) all of the powerful emotional pushes and pulls that often can and do ruin families forever. there seems to be some hope i sense in your story with your generation".