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Friday September 07th 2012, 8:05 pmSorely in need of a breather, and with our scheduling of a dvr upgrade for tomorrow, we thought it best to try and watch a few things that have been sitting patiently waiting for our attention. Ended up choosing a film that turns out to be perfect for wanting to drift and keep things low, but yet psychologically engaging. The exquisite easy pacing set in rural Italy was mesmerizing. There is a grandness and grace to the scenes without feeling like its trying to tell an epic. A kind of romantic isolation takes effect, without being woeful or over dramatized. Certainly makes one want to go there to fully take in the leisurely atmosphere of the locales, dreamy and calming. But smartly counterbalanced by a violent undercurrent, pensive and subtle nuanced characterization, a man living a life of extremes within a landscape of beauty, his paranoia thoroughly warranted. But sadly, he seemed to not really see the beauty around him most of the time because he is forced to live with the ugliness of the dark side of humanity, a dealer of death, a killer hunted by killers. And then when he finally he realizes some truth about what life truly can offer, its snatched away from him, like a quiet cruel joke. Its definitely a haunting story with a deceivingly simple plot, but one that becomes more complex the further its examined in it’s metaphors. And like I said, the pace and ease perfectly suited my mindset today.
The American
September 7th 2012
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