{"id":1213,"date":"2010-03-25T10:18:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T14:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2010-03-25T10:18:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T14:18:22","slug":"big-big-big-big-ideas-this-is-what-moves-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=1213","title":{"rendered":"Big, big, big, big ideas – This is what moves me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within a tiny droplet of water, there can be an entire ecosystem teeming with life. \u00a0The space between two people who get up and go to work and try to find happiness and comfort and fulfillment can be more complicated and multi-faceted than any diamond. \u00a0No number of special effects explosions in countless summer blockbusters can equal the poignancy of a moving conversation or a close-up of a human face looking right into the eyes.<\/p>\n

Two movie trailers have come my way this morning and they both appear to embody a fearless approach to narrative that pushes my buttons. \u00a0Why not make movies that embrace the questions of existence, life and death, why we’re here and what it’s all about? \u00a0Why not tackle the most horrifying and unknowable issues that are present for every sentient being?<\/p>\n

The first of these comes from a blog called This is Who We Are<\/a>. It’s\u00a0devoted to the television program Millenium and the extraordinary and unique talents of that show’s star Lance Henricksen. \u00a0He stars in The Penitent Man<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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There is a spoiler video of of about 8 minutes, but since it appears this small project will see the dark of moviehouses, I will take my chance and wait.<\/p>\n

The next trailer is for a Brazilian film Nosso Lar<\/a>, and comes to me from the wonderful sci-fi\/post-apocalyptic genre website Quiet Earth<\/a>. \u00a0Talk about big ideas, this one goes right after death and the afterlife. \u00a0I’ll happy read subtitles for an hour or two if I can get an\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to see this:<\/p>\n

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There is certainly a time for fart-gags and explosions. \u00a0There is a time for the Bourne Identity and\u00a0Inglorious\u00a0Basterds and romantic comedies and Gladiator. \u00a0These are all good things. \u00a0But sometimes, you gotta chuck it all out the window. \u00a0Sometimes you SHOULD take yourself too seriously. \u00a0Sometimes you’ve got to shoot for beyond the moon and beyond convention. \u00a0Maybe, just maybe, that is the space that these two films will occupy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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