No murder. No sinking ships. No wise-ass teens.
No Legions, no small-town-joe-makes-good.
No court of law. No con. No 'bad-lieutenant' cops.
No talking dogs. No blackmail, and no hooker scenes.
No war. No aliens. No capers. No 'black-ops'.
No poor-class gal to get the handsome lead.
No 'magic' world of shallow, feel-good 'myth'.
No rape shock. No coming-of-age in a 'simpler' time.
No cowboys, no pop music. No selling-out for greed.
No mystery to solve of someone's quirky death.
No vampires, zombies, cannibals. No crime.
With humans, we know the fragility of bliss.
Simply, cinematically, we aren't prepared for this.
Simple beauty, so lovely standing alone. How sad that so few see it.
ReplyDeleteI will look for this, TF. Thank you.
Cher,
ReplyDeleteYou won't be disappointed by this, or any other, Mike Leigh film.
This works at the level of psychological truth, frame-by-frame.
Trulyfool