Daniel Reeves' "Obsessive Becoming"

We have been debating the idea of the autobiography in writing, in film, in video, in art, and in various other media in class discussions. How is Reeves' video "Obsessive Becoming" autobiographical? How does the medium - video - inform the autobiographical? How does this video relate to our Roland Barthes' reading and his way of setting up the autobiography? I think what is interesting is that while there is somewhat of a narrative of the autobiographical, it is told in bits and snippets. Is this the life of Daniel Reeves that is described? It seems that Reeves has this obsessive impulse to describe his background - his parents, his "fathers," and the circumstances that surrounded his childhood. People who were interviewed, such as Milton's sister, told their stories; however, it was not a chronological telling of stories. There was no clear narrative, just like in Barthes' own autobiography. There were snippets, images, and words that juxtaposed the brief narratives. In my own memory of the film, I am left puzzled by several aspects of the video. There is a twirling person in a white robe, and I am not sure what that has to do with the video. Reeves (I think it is him) appears in the video throwing a gun into the middle of the lake, stating that Milton will no longer need the gun where he is now. Lastly, the morphing of photographs from one person to another: I understand that these people were related, but it go almost nauseating after a while. The video media allows Reeves to create an autobiographical account, that shows images that "enthrall" him (like Barthes) but we as viewers may be left wondering what the significance of the image is to Reeves and to us. Who is this video for? Is it therapeutic for Reeves?