简介：Intheprocessofmovinghousewithhisfamily,AnriSala,anAlbanianartstudent,discoveredatwenty-year-old16mmnewsreelfilm,containingimagesofacongressoftheAlbanianCommunistParty.Inthefilmayoungwoman,aleaderoftheCommunistYouthAlliance,isseenmakingaspeech,andlatergivinganinterview.ButAnricouldnotmakeoutwhatshewassaying,becausethesoundhadbeenlost. Withthepassingofyearsthiswomanhadleftbehindthehopesandfears,idealsanddisappointments,deceptionsandrebellionsofheryouth.Shewashismother,Valdet. Intentonlearningthecontentsofthespeechandinterview,whichValdetcannotremember,Anrivisitsoldpartyleaders(laterimprisonedbyEnverHoxha)inthehopethattheymightremember.Buttheyareoldnow,andthespecificsofthespeecheludethem.Hevisitsthefilmstudio,andmeetswiththesoundrecordistofthenewsreel(whonowdrivesataxiinTirana),butAnricannotfindanyoftheoriginalsound,oranyonewhorememberswhathismotheractuallysaid. SoAnritakesthefilmtoaschoolforthedeafinTirana,andwiththehelpoflipreaders,hismother'swordsaredeciphered. IntervistadramaticallycapturesthemomentwhenAnrishowshismotheravideoofthefilmagain.Thistime,withherwordsrecoveredandsubtitledonthescreen,sheconfrontsheryoungerself.HerCommunistidealsandthecurrentchaosinAlbaniacollide,offeringamovingopportunityforreflectiononthecountry's(andonewoman's)historyandpresentstate. "IntervistaseekstodealinmicrocosmwiththeissueofhowAlbaniancommunist-eraeliteshavesoughttojustifytheirrolesinthenow-discreditedregimethatruledthecountryfornearlyhalfacentury.ThisbrieffilmofferssomepoignantvignettesofcontemporarylifeinAlbania...[and]alsounderscoresthereluctanceofAlbania'sformerCommunistelitetoconfrontitspast.BoththequalityofitscontentanditslengthmakeIntervistaapotentiallyvaluableinstructionalresource."—SlavicReview "Compelling....Sala'sdocumentaryworkisatonceachinglysensitive,unflinchinglybrutal,andpsychologicallyloaded."—Artforum…