Falling Down (1993) and The Commuter (2018): Two movies separated by twenty-five years, roughly one generation, present noticeably different attitudes to roughly the same concepts and societal conditions. How those “societal conditions” are portrayed are startingly different as well. The two main characters represent a similar type: White male working man with a family. TheContinue reading “Commuted Sentences: Two Movies Separated by 25 Years, Worlds Apart”
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FICTION DETECTIVE: TO CATCH A COPYCAT
I sometimes get confused about movies and characters in them because often the same types come up again and again. When the source is archetypal or out of classic fairy tales, it is easy to see why it can get confusing. But when the character is a later invention taken from more recent manipulation ofContinue reading “FICTION DETECTIVE: TO CATCH A COPYCAT”
I Dwell In Possibility 