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tinear

In Reply to: RE: The Edge Of Heaven ( Auf der anderen Seite) .... posted by afilado on February 15, 2009 at 22:44:20

I also enjoyed this film but thought, through its leaving so many coincidences disconnected, that it somewhat betrayed the story to make a philosophical point.
A very worthwhile film, however, and one that certainly should be seen by serious modern film aficionados.

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RE: SPOILER ALERT ALERT ALERT - afilado 10:26:29 02/16/09 (3)
I appreciate your points.

For me, a big attraction to the "story" was the near misses or the unresolved coincidences (if that's an apt word). This element, drawn to our attention in the span of a film, poetically replicates, I'm sure, all the near misses in relationship which pass unnoticed to our eyes everyday. Near misses which would propel us in an entirely different direction were they to become known. Into a different set of stories.

I loved the control of this story by the director. It was filled with a deliberate, quiet uncertainty from start to finish. There were no great explosions of surprise - to it's credit - rather an unfolding of authentic, connected events in a contained universe. With the admission that it could be penetrated - or not - by adjacent worlds of related but unknown experience.

Life is not so neat. Every moment is pregnant with possibilities standing in potential to the happenings and the non-happenings which are seen or unseen. The fact of our missing something is as important as our catching it. We just may not be aware of it.

It's not a perfect movie but it's a damn good one. I will watch this director.

There's another of his, by the way, that I saw a year or so ago. Head On. A bit more farfetched in scope- a love story - but I remember enjoying it.
- I also enjoyed "Head On," and agree he has continued maturing as a director. nt - tinear 09:49:25 02/17/09 (2)
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  - Head On was very good and at times very hard to watch - sjb 09:57:33 02/18/09 (1)
    and ultimately very sad (but well done).
    
    "The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
    - If this one's better than Head On... - Harmonia 12:47:08 02/18/09 (0)
      ...the I'm gonna have to see it.
      
      Man, I sure miss our little theater that showed foreign films. Landmark Art is better thanb nothing but they aren't terribly adventurous.

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