How about a movie to go with that dinner yesterday? A digital dessert of sorts. While not organic, they all do feature living, breathing, organic beings, aka us humans. So with that in mind, here are a few movies available on DVD that may be a little less well known, but that are all among my personal favourites. They are also all movies I missed when they were released. Thank you to DVD!
Before Sunrise and its sequel Before Sunset both star Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. There’s a lot of talking in both films. And therein lies their real charm and effectiveness. The conversations between these two people are so real, so true to life, they feel like must have been improvised, but were in fact carefully scripted. It feels almost as if we’re invading their private world by witnessing all they share and feel. It’s rare that a sequel lives up to its predecessor. The fact that this one does is in large part due to the incredible and long-lasting devotion and dedication of writer/director Richard Linklater, and the stars who also co-wrote the sequel. A film, that both on and off screen, came to life nine years after the original. We get to find out what actually happened after the first film ended.
Linus Roache, currently on Law & Order, starred in Priest, a very moving and emotional film that the Los Angeles Daily News called “Powerful.” Newsweek said “Priest shouldn’t be missed!” It was certainly not without controversy though when it was released, and upset a lot of people who thought it was a criticism of the Catholic church. It may not be to everyone’s taste, but to hear the people who made the film speak, and having seen it myself, I feel it was unfairly vilified. It raises some interesting and complex questions about celibacy, devotion, love, inner conflict, and church doctrine versus whatever higher power there is. It very poignantly explores the struggles of this priest, who just happens to be gay, as he tries to reconcile all he feels with what he has been told. He has his detractors, sometimes they include himself, but he also finds a few supporters. Sometimes that support comes from unexpected sources, such as conversations with another priest who has his own, albeit different, issues. And then there’s that final image of the film, with that great swell of music…a truly overwhelming moment.
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There have been a number of films that deal with the loss of a true love including Somewhere in Time (Collector’s Edition) and the more recent P.S. I Love You. One generally lesser known film is Truly Madly Deeply. This film deals with the subject of how to possibly go on, let alone move on after such a loss, in a more believeable way I think. The British cast including Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, and Michael Maloney, all appear more as real people rather than stereotypical Hollywood beauties. Questions are raised of what is truly in our own best interest, whether or not the past can or should continue to live on in the present, in the future, what role that love can play, and just what else may be possible.
Ah possibilities…I know one I’m waiting/hoping for…the long-rumoured potential sequel to the Before Sunrise/Before Sunset family of movies…
