Dreams of A Life: DVD Review

Dreams of A Life: DVD Review

Rating: M
Released by Madman Home Entertainment

A simple mystery - how could a woman, so loved by so many, be found in a London bedsit with no clue how she died?

This is the simple premise of the doco Dreams of A Life which is the story of Joyce Vincent, a vivacious and outgoing woman whose demise was unsolved and who was found in a severely decomposed state in a block of flats surrounded by Christmas presents to friends....

Using recreations and interviews with people who knew Joyce, doco maker Carol Morley pulls together a story of a woman whose death is forever to be a mystery. Every single person she talks to was a friend of Joyce's but who was never there for her at the end.

It's the singlemost saddest, most haunting doco I've seen in a long time. With no answers, there's no sense of closure but it's so well put together, I couldn't help but be drawn into the tale. This doco will make you think of that neighbour you've not seen or that friend you've not contacted.

Sensitively and sensibly put together, it's a chilling story and the fact there is no resolution is emotionally devastating.

Extras: Interviews with the makers and a short film 

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