Savages story
I have seen the movie. A well balanced movie- sense and sensibility.
A guy who left his family for a girl friend. He had not kept in touch with the son and the daughter he had with his wife.
He grew old and got dementia. His girlfriend died. He had no one to rely on. His girlfriend's family would not take care of him anymore. His family came back to take him. His children were not sure how to handle him. Finally they took him to Nursing Home. The plot was so ordinary but it touched on many very important issues...
To love their father or not if he betrayed them once
To put him in a nursing home or not if the responsibility is so huge
To face/not to face the fact that he is dying
And what makes a family?
On relationship: to commit or not to commit in a relationship
The brother has a polish girlfriend that he loves but he does not marry her because of practical issues.
The sister has an affairs with a married guy
The movie poses these questions to the audiences as well. We watch and we think.. how would we answer?
Also, there are lots of interesting contrasts:
dessert vs. Sun City
A brother who is very realisiticvs. a sister who is very idealistic
college professor vs. freelance writer
The play the sister writes and directs is being commented by her brother as successfully blending surrealistic elements with realism. (if I remember correctly the exact wordings)
So could we,in reality, dream for the impossible dream and taking action to make our dream come true?
posted by luigigi @ 6:59 PM
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after seeing your comment, must see!!!
let me see later^^
Hmm, quite some food for thought man. Although the plot of this story seems simple to the point of being too ordinary, it highlight exactly what life is all about - a journey of conflicts between the Self and the Outer world. This Outer World which can be interpreted as the 'common good', 'social norm or ethical standards. From a Christian point of view, life is about making decisions of whether one should follow Man's will, or God's will.
Each one of us are confronted everyday with the need to make decisions what IS right (the outer norm) versus what FEELS right (the self). The line between what IS right and what FEELs right can sometimes be diffiult to distinguish. And thats when people can sometimes get themselves into trouble. IN this movie:
(1) What IS right = look after Dad. What FEELs right = do not look after him as he did not look after the kids.
(2) What IS right = do not have an affair with a married guy. What FEELS right = romantic love/ lust takes priority over all considerations.
........etc.
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