A few weeks ago, my wife and I rented Little Children, a film by director Todd Field. And it turns out to be the best and strangest picture we have watched in years - absolutely riveting.
So when I take the video back to the video place, I mention this to the fellow at the counter, a film geek, and he recommends the first film Todd Field directed called, In the Bedroom. The title is a metaphor for lobster traps.
Again, the film though almost painful to unfold is intense, raw, and takes dozens of surprising turns. But here's the catch. Almost none of the critics who reviewed the film discuss the very final seconds of the film.
Can anyone tell me if they think the room the man is sleeping in will consume him in fire?
Todd Field is a guy with two straight multiple Oscar-nominated films to his credit and his work is outrageously good along the lines of the work Kubrick graced us with for so many years. Anybody else think so?
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Saturday, July 7, 2007
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Both Field's films have inspired conversations with friends that have continued for hours. In this way he leaves one in a similar state as say, Kubrick. But also Kieslowsky, and Bergman as well.
Oh, and as to your question will " the room the man is sleeping in will consume him in fire?"
Only spiritually.
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