Thursday, November 24, 2011
CONTRADICTIONS
Today's Lisa Cholodenko film was
Young old. Hippy straight. Mother son. East west. Educated "natural". Id Superego. Fidelity lust.
And more.
This family and friends meet on the sacred ground of the post-rock Laurel Canyon. Frances McDormand and Christian Bale, hippy mother and physician (psychiatrist) son meet for a wrestle and bring their partners along for the ride. Wires get crossed.
Fidelity, sanity, broken promises all come into play as the four people involved try to find themselves in each other. Sort of.
This is a very well acted film with complex underpinnings. Basically a character study. Put these people in a maze and have them bring each other out at the end with minimum casualty.
I saw this when it came out. It is very engaging. Very good. A four out of Netflix5.
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