Saturday, September 19, 2009
THE WORLD IS NOT WHAT WE THINK
Today's film was the second half of
This is a great film. I will see it again.
Three generations of a family are shown interacting with one another, each trying to find a way for themselves through some life problem. For a few, it is a return to the past. Others jump into the future. Others find the more messy random approach to life is more suitable for them.
All of them discover that the world is not what we think it is. A line from the film.
Funny, sad, at times shocking. This is a compressed soap opera in the best sense.
The looks of this film are amazing. I am not sure about whether it is all digital or not. Colors jump. The composition of scenes is beautifully done. Simple conversations in complex visual settings.
I said yesterday that this family is globalized. It could live anywhere. But with one exception. These people are oriental and have the idea of "fate" working on them. Old traditions. Some superstitions.
It is a neat twist and not at all different from our own way of looking at things and working through them. Just different enough to identify.
I enjoyed this very much. There are a few loose ends but I will catch them next time. There are a lot of people and some of them "look alike" to me. I know. I know.
This is a 5 out of Netflix5.
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