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Weir's best film

posted 20 years ago by NuYorkie
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I think it's Weir's best work to date. It's such an emotionally complex movie that digs deep into our basic fear of "not knowing the day or the hour of our death", being in the wrong place at the wrong time, randomness of survival. The two characters' post crash reactions and how they were dealing with their experience were so fantastically juxtaposed: Carla's survivor's guilt and her unability to let go with Klein's untouchable syndrom and his need to escape from the incident. I think this movie aquired an extra dimension and more meaning after September 9/11.

Yglesias's adaptation of his own novel was Oscar worthy. He also wrote an equally incredible screenplay for Polanski's "Death and the Maiden".

[–] PsychoDJ 15 years ago

not even close. fan of dead poets meself.

[–] Butteoid 14 years ago

I really liked "Witness," but I'm biased because it was shot where I grew up. Weir did a fairly good job of capturing the Amish culture, but that film was a fairly routine affair.
"Fearless," is among my favorite films of all time -- one of the first DVDs I purchased. The acting by the entire cast was superb, and Wier's direction faultless.
I'm 58 now, closer to the moment death. So the message of this film -- to value to days that you do have -- meant a lot to me. Younger people still caught up in the rat-race of life probably don't want to think about the message of this film, but maybe they should. The moment of your death could be tomorrow.

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[–] Mrpinkeye 13 years ago

i didnt know the same guy made all the movies till just now

i liked this but thought the truman show and dead poets had a bigger effect on me.

im gonna check out witness and Picnic at Hanging Rock asap :)

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[–] Clemencedane 11 years ago

I have to conclude that you haven't seen Picnic at Hanging Rock.

[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

Agree. I can understand how many might appreciate this film, but having seen most of Weir's films and liking them, I found this one rather difficult to connect to, with a just too cute ending.

[–] Degree7 11 years ago

Yeah, it would be if not for:

Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Year of Living Dangerously
Gallipoli
Witness
Dead Poets Soc
Truman Show
Master & Commander

Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to its awesomeness.

[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

My sentiments exactly. Fearless is way down my Weir list of favourites.

PS You can add Green Card to that list too.