Filmmaker Documents a Year of Saying Goodbye to His College-Bound Daughter

I agree with your comment, although I don't think I'd generalize it to the whole country. But gosh, someone like this man should be aware that his daughter--like most women--wants her private moments to be PRIVATE. That's how women are, right? Like someone else said about him--what a self-centered slob!

did you guys miss the part where it was HER choice to be filmed or not? for the movie to be released or not? maybe you should re read it.

I don't think that it was so much an interview as it was capturing a personal experience between father and daughter on video. Yes this is an unusual film. It's something no one has ever done before. The father has managed to capture the most intimate moments with his FAMILY. This film was edited by the father himself and his daughter. She wasn't a child when she gave him her approval. She was an adult. He gave her say and as he said if there was anytime she would have wanted him to stop recording that he would have done so. It wasn't only the father who supported this as much as you yourself would like to think. This is a wonderful film made by a loving and caring father and for you to sit there and mock it or america calling it a godless country is just about as big of a joke as your existence. Please do us a favor and remove yourself from our gene pool.

WOW! Some people, like yourself Angelia, are so blind to others becuase you can't see past yourself. This father didn't exploit his child in ANY way! She was an adult and could have said no about ANY part of the film or even the whole thing, but she didn't, she LIKES IT! Why can't people like YOURSELF understand there are plenty of people that are nothing at all like you? If it's OK with them, with her especially why is it such a "problem" with you? Why is this father such a "bad man"??? lol Folks like yourself can't see past your own special self.

Angelie - "godless"? LOL America is THE most religious nation in the entire first world. The only nations that are more overwhelmingly religious are third world hell holes where people have nothing else to turn to but fantasy and myths to escape reality. America is insanely religious.

@Reality Check- While I agree with you that Angelina's response is ridiculous and America is anything but godless, I wouldn't say we're the most religious country in the world. After all, America doesn't have an official religion, unlike the UK. Ireland is still 94% Catholic and it shows. Spain and Italy are both still very Catholic countries, though Spain is also a Socialist country and has made divorce easy and gay marriage and abortion legal (now if only everyone else could follow suit). Don't make generalizations, especially ones that can be disproved.

Angelie, don't put your religion and morals on everybody else. Accept the fact that others have different ideas about these things. As long as Lucy and her father approved of the movie being shown to audiences, it's fine.

People , please remember, you are putting your own views and opinions on a post about this documentary . Your perspective is that of your own and from your background and situations....none of you have walked in Lucy's shoes . None of you have walked in Doug's shoes . Doug's wife married a film maker, not a barrel maker...she accepted him for what he does . Lucy grew into this world from their home , a home as she knew it. I feel it takes a lot of courage to expose your private lives on a film , and as a father who 'lost' his daughter to college and the many life-changing events it brought as a turning point....I can understand . I understand that this family has a lot of love.

There is nothing like a father's bonding with his daughter and his son, through the unconditional love that they have for each other. Certainly, there are situations where discussion of past events should remain in their own little Las Vegas, especially if it is hurtful to any involved family member. The resultant stress could be long lasting, in this case, for the mother and the involved child, who may not even be currently cognizant of its lasting effects. Considering the potential aftermath of the above, I feel there are other methods of maintaining lasting records of a parent's love and pride for your memories and for possibly helping others in their ongoing parental roles.

Maybe it's "creepy" to you becuase you can't read or watch things correctly? I'm sure you had your mind make up long before you watched a thing. What I find "creepy" are people who can't see what is really going on...people like you!

to mary: SONY CAMCORDERS FIRST CAME OUT IN THE LATE 70'S TO MID 80' SO PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ***

Sony introduced the first camcorder in 1983 with its Betamovie. Have a great day!

to marie: if camcorders came out in the 50's as you so incorrectly stated, the would be the size and weight of a large VCR about 20 to 30 pounds, not including the wire, cables, batteries, etc
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Why is it creepy for a father to be sad about his daughter leaving? Why is it creepy for him to use the skills his profession has granted him to document her life and her last year as his child and first year as an adult? I think it's sweet as long as he had her permission (I'd frankly kill my dad, but I like my privacy a lot.) Why, in this country, is it creepy for a dad to care about and be close to his daughter? I think the fact that people find close father-daughter bonds inappropriate the creepiest thing of all.

his continuing to record when she's broken down in tears says it all, as far as being a compassionate, caring father. telling the world about her first sexual encounter was beyond reprehension also, wow. what an egomaniacal, self absorbed loser.

Honestly, I am taken aback by the lack of knowledge or understanding in this comment. If you ask any long-time married couple, you always put the kids first. And for a father, his only child means the world to him. All fathers are different. This one wants to remember his daughter growing up. All the experiences, the hardships, and the time that he had never felt closer to his only daughter. Try to understand what the man is/was going through, and then think before you comment.