Having heard this movie review on NPR this lunchtime, I am very excited to see this film (here is the Youtube version of the trailer).

Aside from the fact that I shoot digital and so no longer experience any of the travail and joys and anticipation of the development process, the visuals in the film, even in the trailer, and the process of “seeing” them, I am sure, will be tingling to behold, provided, that is, that the film maker does not pull a Pleasantville and simply privilege extreme individualism and personal artistic vision above all and to the exclusion of all else.

I have high hopes that he will not, but rather deal sensitively with the tragedy of being caught in a failed, abusive marriage and still doing right by one’s family and while still fostering an artistic vision. It is an intersting and open question to see if that is even a possibility-it seems something would have to give. And yet whatever does give, however, I don’t want the backward orthodoxy of Pleasantville, wherein personal expression and choice seems to trump all else.

Sadly, this film may not even make it to St. Louis until it does so in DVD form. It is going to be on pay-per-view, though, so I might have to find someone who has cable and see if I can mooch an invitation 🙂