Nominee
This a story about the human experience, about how we connect to each other on such poignant levels of understanding, and what the acts of one other person can do to our lives.
Dr.Sayer, played by Robin Williams, is a man who in some ways is just as cut off by society as the catatonic patients he has been given to work with, and for that reason he is willing to put in the time to try to give them what he is having trouble obtaining for himself: human contact. He begins with Leonard Lowe (Robert DeNiro) slowly showing that the simplest things stir him back into our world such as music and physical touch. This leads to a very subtle but strong commentary on what we take for granted and how to best live our lives.
This whole movie could have been dreadfully cliche but it wasn't. The shooting was honest and simple it was not looking to be something grand because like the message of the story, even the little things can mean so much. So the shooting was kept to simple shots that highlighted faces and moments. The acting was along the same lines, it sought just to be real and haunting. I would like to bring up one moment when you see the seamless connection between the shooting and its relationship to the acting, when Leonard sees his mother for the first time in years. He spreads out his arms to embrace her and we see his face from the angle where his mother would be standing. We feel we could just step into the screen and give him that hug.
Robert DeNiro was heart retching in his fight for a life worth living. Also, I feel they always bring Robin Williams in when they need a funny guy, or the outside the box thinker (e.i. Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting). This movie was before the other two so his performance is probably the least polished out of the three but you can see how this was a needed step in his process toward Good Will Hunting.
Overall: This movie brings a very strong important message to the viewer. And it is simply to live, to live and feel every moment of your life. This and the fact that it was done in such a genuine and soft way, I can see how a movie like this might end up being overlooked. However I think so far it should have won over Dances with Wolves. This movie was not meant to be a grand spectacle, it was meant to reach out to you, and I received it whole heartily.
Dr.Sayer, played by Robin Williams, is a man who in some ways is just as cut off by society as the catatonic patients he has been given to work with, and for that reason he is willing to put in the time to try to give them what he is having trouble obtaining for himself: human contact. He begins with Leonard Lowe (Robert DeNiro) slowly showing that the simplest things stir him back into our world such as music and physical touch. This leads to a very subtle but strong commentary on what we take for granted and how to best live our lives.
This whole movie could have been dreadfully cliche but it wasn't. The shooting was honest and simple it was not looking to be something grand because like the message of the story, even the little things can mean so much. So the shooting was kept to simple shots that highlighted faces and moments. The acting was along the same lines, it sought just to be real and haunting. I would like to bring up one moment when you see the seamless connection between the shooting and its relationship to the acting, when Leonard sees his mother for the first time in years. He spreads out his arms to embrace her and we see his face from the angle where his mother would be standing. We feel we could just step into the screen and give him that hug.
Robert DeNiro was heart retching in his fight for a life worth living. Also, I feel they always bring Robin Williams in when they need a funny guy, or the outside the box thinker (e.i. Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting). This movie was before the other two so his performance is probably the least polished out of the three but you can see how this was a needed step in his process toward Good Will Hunting.
Overall: This movie brings a very strong important message to the viewer. And it is simply to live, to live and feel every moment of your life. This and the fact that it was done in such a genuine and soft way, I can see how a movie like this might end up being overlooked. However I think so far it should have won over Dances with Wolves. This movie was not meant to be a grand spectacle, it was meant to reach out to you, and I received it whole heartily.
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