The Happy Film

2017
The Happy Film
7.4| 1h35m| en| More Info
Released: 17 August 2017 Released
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Country: United States of America
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New York designer Stefan Sagmeister lives in the city of his dreams, and creates work for the likes of the Rolling Stones and Jay-Z. Business is good, creative juices are flowing, and yet he suspects there must be more to life. Sagmeister takes on the daunting project of changing his personality by trying to figure out the causes of happiness. On the advice of a trusted psychologist Sagmeister experiments with three different approaches: meditation, therapy, and drugs. The Happy Film follows his pursuit, and all that he encounters along the way: joy, ecstasy, heartbreak, change, love, and death.

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thelindalam Stefan Sagmeister didn't disappoint with this visually pleasing documentary that has been highly anticipated since I heard of the announcement on Kickstarter in 2011. Being a big Sagmeister fan myself, I've come to know that his ideas are often so brilliant and out of the ordinary and with the film it was consistent and evoked so many emotions. He's so candid with life -- with the raw unfiltered thoughts throughout his journey and experiment, to the hilarious behind the scene snippets behind his life mantras.I never thought I could relate to his story, but I ended up finding a bit of comfort and understanding through his personal experiences, especially when he touched upon love and relationships over the years. I'm definitely eager to see this film again.
R. Spitz We really liked this happy film: Entertaining, thoughtful, inspiring. It has everything a good film needs: Big questions (about the meaning of life, about the meaning of death, about the meaning of sex and drugs and music), a compassionate hero an his quest story with surprising, funny and beautiful moments. Thank you!
lisaleksey Was following the making since the Happy Show Start. Got a chance to see at a local festival. Documenting Sagmeister's (systematic) experiment aimed at evaluating different ways of achieving happiness, mixed with real-life experiences. Honest, entertaining and inspirational.
ozbeknaz This was the most authentic, human, openly honest, and beautiful thing I've seen in a long while. So naked, so personal, yet so pertinent that it hurt, but in the best way possible. It made me feel, made me think, made me cry, made me laugh. It made me feel alive. It made me feel connected. It was like seeing the sun rise early in the morning, when the rest of the world seems to be asleep. Like witnessing something so rare, it has to be sacred. It's an incredibly human, humane, and fearless deconstruction of Sagmeister's life in front of the rest of the world, and a reminder of how beautiful, despite everything, life is to begin with. Please find a way to see it if you haven't done so already.