Sometimes you meet a person and you just know that they're your person.
But when I went to see a Sundance award-winning film at the Westhampton this afternoon, I had no idea that that was the premise of the story I'd be seeing.
"Like Crazy" turned out to be a beautifully (and hand-held) shot, exquisitely acted movie about relationship difficulties once two people fall for each other.
I appreciated that it wasn't cliched, but rather full of the realities of dealing with the problems that inevitably arise even between people who adore each other, especially when there's a period of separation.
Once more, popular culture reminds us how difficult relationships are and how much patience they take.
It was underscored in the film when he gave her a bracelet engraved with the word "patience" when they temporarily separated.
At the film's end, there was no pat Hollywood ending.
The audience was left wondering if the two were going to be able to overcome all the things that had happened both when they were together and when they were apart.
Like in real life, that's the kind of thing no one can predict.
It's just that you don't get awards for having that kind of story in real life.
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that's it..i'm moving back to richmond, we're going out to see the waking hours at browns island, and we'll both practice a little "move on"
ReplyDeletegod how i miss you.
Back at you.
ReplyDeleteLe sigh.