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The Guardian - Culture: Film Edit Unfollow Dear Mr Brody: how a 21-year-old millionaire started a media frenzy by JIM FARBER Mar 2, 2022 In 1970, Michael Brody Jr announced he would give away $25m, inspiring hundreds of thousands of letters. But as a new documentary shows, the story took an unlikely turn What’s more poignant than an unopened letter, with all its needs unanswered and its expressions unseen? It’s a missive made for intrigue, as well as an invitation to voyeurism few could resist. Small wonder director Keith Maitland and veteran film producer Ed Pressman centered their new documentary, Dear Mr Brody, on a trove of unread letters that came into Pressman’s possession and that he found so compelling, he has preserved them for more than five decades now. “Each letter is a life,” the producer said. “Opening them is like peeking behind a curtain into somebody’s private story,” Maitland added. Continue reading... Continue Reading

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