[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTSi0pKjC5g[/youtube]
What is shockingly profound about the film is its deep underlying resonance within the realm of a long misunderstood survival instinct that has become hidden in the soul of humanity for many centuries, in our wayward attempts at civilizing the species and conquering the land, air and sea. Instead, Fukunaga focuses his accurate lens and astute script on the underlying truth that we must all face someday: those that survive do so without any nod towards morality. The soul is a privilege the impoverished cannot afford to recognize, and, therefore, it is the first thing sacrificed on the battlefields of daily existence. That is all a somewhat pretentious way of saying that moral right and courage is not something that one can barter on the streets, so it is easily dispensed in many cultures. In the end, what one is left with is either the will to live, or the need to face the devil, and look IT in the eye—“Are you an island onto yourself? Can you see me? Can you be like me? Can you go away when you dream, or are you always self-aware?”
Hidden Flick – Season 5:
Set 1: Another Life, Brother, Oshare Can You See, The Ocean Learns to Sway > And the Wave Rolled Back, Rock ‘n’ Roll Drive-In, Part 2>The Tale of the Two Films > AL, B Reprise*
Intermission
Intermission: Part IV – The Hit Man>Intermission: Part V – The Caan Man>
Set 2: The Magic Man > The Mountains in the Mind > A Thousand Barefoot Children
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This was a pretty great movie I thought, Fukunaga will be a great director someday. I also enjoyed his adaptation of Jane Eyre from this year as well (tough not love any movie Michael Fassbender is in though). I think his next film No Blood, No Guts, No Glory could be something fantastic.