A touching Father /Daughter story, perfect for any weekend afternoon.
Sentimental human interest story about a father who writes his daughter a post card everyday while she is attending college. Great display of a fathers' love, yet also sad that he never fulfilled his own dreams in life. Great honesty from both narrator and father.
Rene has quite a dad. 1,000 postcards are truly a monument of a father's love for his daughter. This piece is sound rich and it showcases a healthy, loving relationship between parent and child. While this piece would be perfect for Father's Day, it would also be good for that time in August and September when children are leaving home for college. Beautiful piece.
Beautifully done, full of gentle surprises (the viola?), and richer and deeper with every passing minute. It operates on many levels at once -- there's a lovely Oulipian formalism to the task Rene's dad sets himself -- but this piece always feels warm, natural, and absolutely unaffected. Rene and her dad, and their relationship gradually bloom as characters in this piece, and, as a storyteller, Rene has a deft touch for saying just enough, and leaving room for mystery. A little gem -- one of the best pieces I've heard on PRX.
The piece remains interesting throughout, and the variety of narration keeps the listener's attention. The story is compelling, and contains many different aspects: The Working-Class-Dad, the Hope-For-The-Next-Generation, and a bit of humor.
A very sweet and personal story told by a daughter about her father sending her postcards everyday she was away at college. It became something more than what was intend and touched lives of many of the studets at the school the daughter attended.
A wonderful piece when I first heard it on Transom, a delight to hear again. Everything is so absolutely natural in the layout and design of the piece. Here's a father everyone can love and a daughter not ashamed to admit it.
I heard this on Transom.org last year. Very well done. I love the way it starts... "That's my Dad." This is a sweet piece and many fathers might start looking around for the person cutting onions while hearing this one. In radio, the short and sweet is often the best, and the sound of Dad calling out the stops, of him reading the post cards, and of Renee's short narration in between, fits so nicely into a salute to the father's salute to his daughter.
Comments for 1000 Postcards
Produced by Rene Gutel
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Dave Barnes
Posted on September 22, 2005 at 04:16 PM | Permalink
Review of 1000 Postcards
A touching Father /Daughter story, perfect for any weekend afternoon.
Sentimental human interest story about a father who writes his daughter a post card everyday while she is attending college. Great display of a fathers' love, yet also sad that he never fulfilled his own dreams in life. Great honesty from both narrator and father.
Deborah Astley
Posted on May 17, 2005 at 12:28 PM | Permalink
Review of 1000 Postcards
Rene has quite a dad. 1,000 postcards are truly a monument of a father's love for his daughter. This piece is sound rich and it showcases a healthy, loving relationship between parent and child. While this piece would be perfect for Father's Day, it would also be good for that time in August and September when children are leaving home for college. Beautiful piece.
David Schulman
Posted on July 16, 2004 at 06:37 AM | Permalink
Review of 1000 Postcards
Beautifully done, full of gentle surprises (the viola?), and richer and deeper with every passing minute. It operates on many levels at once -- there's a lovely Oulipian formalism to the task Rene's dad sets himself -- but this piece always feels warm, natural, and absolutely unaffected. Rene and her dad, and their relationship gradually bloom as characters in this piece, and, as a storyteller, Rene has a deft touch for saying just enough, and leaving room for mystery. A little gem -- one of the best pieces I've heard on PRX.
Scott McClure
Posted on June 14, 2004 at 12:38 PM | Permalink
A High Quality Piece
The piece remains interesting throughout, and the variety of narration keeps the listener's attention. The story is compelling, and contains many different aspects: The Working-Class-Dad, the Hope-For-The-Next-Generation, and a bit of humor.
Dan Johansson
Posted on June 14, 2004 at 11:40 AM | Permalink
Review of 1000 Postcards
A very sweet and personal story told by a daughter about her father sending her postcards everyday she was away at college. It became something more than what was intend and touched lives of many of the studets at the school the daughter attended.
Very good.
Jackson Braider
Posted on June 13, 2004 at 04:49 PM | Permalink
Review of 1000 Postcards
A real treat for an otherwise fabricated holiday.
Hans Anderson
Posted on June 10, 2004 at 05:35 PM | Permalink
Review of 1000 Postcards
This one is perfect for Father's Day.