![]() The movie becomes as much an ode to stick-to-itiveness and the DIY ethic as living small. ![]() With each passing month, Smith seems to travel further and further from his tiny goal. As expected, the process turns out to be far more difficult than Smith anticipated–construction issues, money troubles, weather, etc. The film follows the buildout, which is much helped by his girlfriend Merete Mueller (the pair starred, wrote, filmed, directed and produced the whole thing). Despite these factors, Smith made the ominous prediction that it would take him two to three months to build his. Early on in the movie, Smith explained that he had no building experience, no blueprints, didn’t have a ton of money and that most people who built their own tiny houses took anywhere from six months to two years. The plan was to build the house in his then-Boulder, CO home, document the action, then move it to Hartsel, CO (aka middle-of-nowhere) where he had bought a small plot of land. The documentary centers around Christopher Smith, who decided to build his own tiny house in the spring of 2011. “TINY: A Story About Living Small” is a movie that follows one man’s epic journey into tiny living. It was inevitable: those lovable, trailer-mounted tiny houses and all they represent–sustainability, non-consumerism, the DIY sensibility, off-gridded-ness, giving-the-finger-to-the-man-ness–have been immortalized in celluloid (or its digital equivalent). Movie Review: “TINY: A Story About Living Small”
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