caught this on TV last night. Second time around for me, the first time this film had a great effect on me personally. I survived a close workplace explosion many years ago and remember vividly to this day the unreal feeling going home on bus and train as if walking on air in slow motion while the whole world around me carried on bustling by as normal.
Weir again surpasses himself judged against his Truman Show and Witness standards of excellence, what an interesting film maker he is.
Bridges has never been better, if you think his comedy performance in Lebowski is magnificent you should check out his drama performance here.
Rossellini looks ravishing and delivers a wonderful and subtle performance.
Perez does very well interpreting a difficult role of an ordinary someone not too bright (as Del Toro does also doubled) trying to understand what is happening around her.
Hulce does a lovely comedy turn as the archetypal ambulance chasing lawyer.
Turtturo does a fine underplayed turn as the company hired doctor engendering sympathy.
Even the child actors do very well, obviously everything clicked in this film in what is a very difficult subject matter to get across.
This is an art film for adults, a film that looks at the meaning of existence, the journey from life to death, the randomness of chance accidents, the "bullet with your name on it", religion, atheism, the value of psycho therapy, the pain of loss, coming to terms with the insignificance of individual life in a huge universe, and the value of relationships.
It can have the same type of emotional effect as reading The Catcher In the Rye when an adolescent... if you know what I mean... you will know what I mean.
Weir again surpasses himself judged against his Truman Show and Witness standards of excellence, what an interesting film maker he is.
Bridges has never been better, if you think his comedy performance in Lebowski is magnificent you should check out his drama performance here.
Rossellini looks ravishing and delivers a wonderful and subtle performance.
Perez does very well interpreting a difficult role of an ordinary someone not too bright (as Del Toro does also doubled) trying to understand what is happening around her.
Hulce does a lovely comedy turn as the archetypal ambulance chasing lawyer.
Turtturo does a fine underplayed turn as the company hired doctor engendering sympathy.
Even the child actors do very well, obviously everything clicked in this film in what is a very difficult subject matter to get across.
This is an art film for adults, a film that looks at the meaning of existence, the journey from life to death, the randomness of chance accidents, the "bullet with your name on it", religion, atheism, the value of psycho therapy, the pain of loss, coming to terms with the insignificance of individual life in a huge universe, and the value of relationships.
It can have the same type of emotional effect as reading The Catcher In the Rye when an adolescent... if you know what I mean... you will know what I mean.