…but it sure isn’t done with us.
Your patience is appreciated with this episode; I spent last weekend at the Southern Studio and had some trouble with my remote access to the files here at home. My brothers and I spent the entire weekend together without any wives or kids; we’d NEVER done that before and had a bunch of fun reconnecting. Next time I swear there’ll be more drinking.
Anyway: In this week’s episode we take on a pair of films involving people who are dealing with an event in the distant past.
We start our romp through history with Lone Star (1996), written and directed by John Sayles. We’ve talked about Sayles’ work before (in Episode 39, wherein we discuss The Return of the Secaucus Seven) and it’s good to see that Sayles can still tell a straightforward story. But this time he deftly handles the transitions between present and past.
From there it’s on to 2003’s Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood. In this film, three boys are involved in a tragic event in the past. In the present-day, they’re still haunted by the events of their childhood when a new tragedy strikes.
COMING ATTRACTIONS:
Join us as we take on a couple of subversive adaptations. First up is Kiss Me Deadly, from 1955. Then we jump to 1997 or, if you prefer, the far future, with Starship Troopers. Were they good? Bad? Weird? Or did you just not get the message they were sending? Stay tuned!