Save the Date, Saturday, February 19, 2011. Ideas? Dogtooth, 2010 Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film (Greece)?
OK, so we did not see Dogtooth, we saw Mother, a 2009 South Korean film. The mother we learn is motivated by guilt and is forever looking out for her son but in doing so she prevents her own self-growth and self-realization. In the end, she is not a happy camper, exposing a dark side to her blind devotion. She is not living her best life, as Oprah would say.
I don't think any of us would go to the extremes the mother did although we do make sacrifices and compromises every day about what we're going to do and how we're going to live our lives, guided hopefully, by principles we believe in, that have some foundation. Ultimately, the decisions we make should make us feel happy, or at the very least are ones we can live with.
Enjoy the day my friends! Another sunny one :-)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
The Secret in Their Eyes
This Argentinian film, The Secret in Their Eyes, a crime thriller took the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009.To me, this movie is about the choices people make in their lives. Benjamin Espisito seems to struggle with events that happened in his past, 25 years ago, a crime he came to investigate with his then boss, Judge Irene. He starts to write about these events and reconnects with Irene, ostensibly to seek her advice, but ultimately to find some closure. A complicating factor is that at that time, and it seems 25 years later, he was/is in love with her.
Through a series of flashbacks, we see that Benjamin felt he made the best choice he could by not trying to start anything with Irene 25 years ago, she was engaged at the time. Although they both seemed to be in love with each other then, they were not able to fully act on this. It was complicated. At the end of the movie, we still see that life is complicated but in spite of this, they appear to be ready to start something this time, ready to move on with their lives.
Go for it guys! I love happy endings.
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