Turq, thanks for the heads-up. I am ashamed to admit that last night I saw Il Postino for the first time.
It was so sweet, and then, watching the bonus material, I find out that the main actor had died a day after final filming. Tears just immediately began to pour out. I fell in love with the innocence portrayed and the spiritual presence of the actor, Massimo Troisi, and then within minutes of the last scene of the movie where bitterness is confronted by a poet standing in a wilderness, in real life, I face the same dilemma when I find that death closed a door forever. Way powerful poetry in everyone's voice in the film despite the distances between the characters' POVs. Incredibly well written sub-titles. The one concept I cannot shake from my mind was the idea that everything is a metaphor, and that all of creation "stands" for something else. This is a film about true love. Edg --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I finally got out to the movies last night, after > maybe four months without having been able to see > a film in a theater. And it was a matter of some > curiosity to me which movie I'd pick, being in > Paris and with a lot of them to choose from. > > I made the right choice. It was a new film on its > opening night, and of a type of film that appeals > to me on several levels. First, it was a writer/ > director's first effort; those films are often > magic. Second, it was about a crazy, flamboyant > character, which appeals to me for what should be > obvious reasons. :-) > > But it's also a film that has a lot to say to > spiritual seekers, and about the spiritual quest > and about maintaining hope and enjoying life when > everyone around you is telling you that you're > really in Hell and that you should "Abandon hope > all ye who enter here." > > The film is called King Of California. What made me > decide to see this film rather than any other was > the poster for it in the Metro, which showed > Michael Douglas' face, larger than life, grinning > out from behind a Don Quixote beard with a crazed > but somehow wonderful look in his eyes. Michael > Douglas is not my favorite actor, but when he > lands a good part and invests in it, he can be > wonderful. He's wonderful in this film. > > So is Evan Rachel Wood, as his daughter and Sancho > Panza to his Don Quixote in a deranged quest for > Spanish treasure buried under a CostCo. So many > good moments, so many good lines...it's a real gem > of a film. It's a fable, in the same sense that Don > Juan de Marco was a fable, and with a similar theme > -- in a crazy world, are the crazies who are happy > and having a good time at it actually more sane > than the sane people who aren't? And although I > don't think it's as good a film as DJdM was, it's > pretty darned good, and probably worth a seeing. > > When you do see it, come back here and we can > discuss the ending, and what's in the dishwasher. :-) >
