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Citizen Kane
This film comes together in so many ways.
Not a simple film. Guilt versus innocence, sins of omission versus sins of commission, imagined hope versus brutal reality, a dead end road versus finding something that survives even after your death, the capacity to inflict pain versus the desire to give comfort and heal, cosmic order versus chaos. Men With Guns never takes the easy way out by giving black or white answers. It is focussed, yet complex. A must see.
Trust
I feel a little guilty about liking Trust, a very low
budget film. If you are looking for flaws you will be very busy, not because
they are hard to find, but because they are so numerous. Yet, by hooking
me at an emotional level, I cared about what happened to the characters. Both
of the two main characters struggled with the dynamics of two families
that had missing pieces, in one the mother, and in the other the father.
Anger, manipulation and blame were the dominant strategies for dealing with
the unmet needs. Although the guy's fate took a turn
for the worse and the girl's personality developed, both learned to reach
out to each other in an attempt to help the other. While neither of them
had a magical cure for the other's problems, being there for each other was
a small action of great significance.
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