Mild, mild spoilers ahead.
I found myself asking many questions halfway through Local Hero. At the end, I had even more questions that needed answers. I guess we look at cinema from a technical aspect and expect to find answers in the tiniest bits. But, Bill Forsyth simply looks at it as art, narrative art. Local Hero is a terrific film. One might say it's just a sequence of scenes put together. The plot that kicks off the movie follows Mac, who works at a Texas oil firm and has to go to a small village in Scotland and wager a deal for the entire place. The rest of the movie is about the small village debating about the price of their land, mermaids, beachcombers, astronomy and a stirring score by Mark Knopfler.
There are obscure things that might keep you wondering... like those unanswered questions I mentioned in the beginning. But, Forsyth's remedy is to accept it as nature unknown. The film's ending has had its share of debate. People aspire for a happy ending. Local Hero leaves people puzzled with its ending. It's.. for lack of a better word... obscure. Make what you will with it but remember, you're watching one of the most beautiful little films ever made.
I found myself asking many questions halfway through Local Hero. At the end, I had even more questions that needed answers. I guess we look at cinema from a technical aspect and expect to find answers in the tiniest bits. But, Bill Forsyth simply looks at it as art, narrative art. Local Hero is a terrific film. One might say it's just a sequence of scenes put together. The plot that kicks off the movie follows Mac, who works at a Texas oil firm and has to go to a small village in Scotland and wager a deal for the entire place. The rest of the movie is about the small village debating about the price of their land, mermaids, beachcombers, astronomy and a stirring score by Mark Knopfler.
There are obscure things that might keep you wondering... like those unanswered questions I mentioned in the beginning. But, Forsyth's remedy is to accept it as nature unknown. The film's ending has had its share of debate. People aspire for a happy ending. Local Hero leaves people puzzled with its ending. It's.. for lack of a better word... obscure. Make what you will with it but remember, you're watching one of the most beautiful little films ever made.