Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by tinear (A) on August 08, 2006 at 08:27:20

In Reply to: Curb your enthusiasm: While amusing it is not a ground breaking youth movie . . . posted by mr grits on August 7, 2006 at 17:33:49:

Sure, one could see this film only as a coming-of-age film with some hilarious scenes. But it is so much more.
Remember the opening scene? Now, recall the ending.
How about the walkie-talkie scene in the graveyard? Remember what Kierkegaard means? How about the quotes the man read from him? And... did you perhaps think Noi may have been a Messianic figure, with the priest talking to him in non-specific ways (the directional confusion with "east")? You do recall Noi rising from the "dead," from his "sepulchre?"
The director says he left much ambiguous, purposefully, yet that doesn't mean he didn't craft meaning.
Even if one views it at face value, the character of Noi is an unforgettable one and takes his place in film history.
Though it doesn't mean I'll like a film, it is hard to discount the many, many top prizes this won upon release in 2003.
The music, composed by the director, is beautiful.
Ferris Bueller? Trash.
Rushmore? Same.
This is a gem that doesn't need Hollywood or Indie-type overreacting, overacting, over-writing, or any exaggeration.
It is a small work, as most of those of Vermeer were, but it similarly is perfect.