I found "In The Bedroom" to be the one of the best films made in the past few years: an amazing script, beautiful direction, extraordinary acting!
Todd Field actually managed to create a powerful drama of love which boils down to the eternal quint-essence of human drama: true emotions are difficult to be expressed in words! That's why the film reduces to few lines, a rather simple plot but ultimately a volcano of human feelings: love, hatred, desperation, redemption.
The film actually evolves around one of Alexander Pope's lines: "Ripples last longer than splashes" The first part of the film is used as a pretext for what is to follow( like the French would say is just the "intrigue"). We are lured to believe that the key couple could be Tomei and Stahl, with Spacek and Wilkinson as mere supporting cast. The murder is committed and like in the Greek Theatre we are witnessing what's happening offstage. Wilkinson and Spacek become the protagonists of our"second part" trying to cope with the loss of their child. Their drama unveils in front of our eyes like layers of an onion!We are slowly but powerfully led towards the unexpected ending of the film which completes the whole vision of the story.
Resembling to a certain extent the same techniques used in Wong Kar Wai Cannes-Winning "In The Mood for Love" and Andrei Tarkovski's much-applauded "The Stalker"(long shots framed by one single camera like in an Italian Theatre Box) Todd Field creates a brilliant "mind-boggling" interior drama which gives a lot of space for reflection!
A Top-Class Performance from the trio: Spacek, Wilkinson and the supporting Tomei under the coordination of Todd Field!
A big hand for The Academy for taking into consideration this motion picture (rather surprising!)
Todd Field actually managed to create a powerful drama of love which boils down to the eternal quint-essence of human drama: true emotions are difficult to be expressed in words! That's why the film reduces to few lines, a rather simple plot but ultimately a volcano of human feelings: love, hatred, desperation, redemption.
The film actually evolves around one of Alexander Pope's lines: "Ripples last longer than splashes" The first part of the film is used as a pretext for what is to follow( like the French would say is just the "intrigue"). We are lured to believe that the key couple could be Tomei and Stahl, with Spacek and Wilkinson as mere supporting cast. The murder is committed and like in the Greek Theatre we are witnessing what's happening offstage. Wilkinson and Spacek become the protagonists of our"second part" trying to cope with the loss of their child. Their drama unveils in front of our eyes like layers of an onion!We are slowly but powerfully led towards the unexpected ending of the film which completes the whole vision of the story.
Resembling to a certain extent the same techniques used in Wong Kar Wai Cannes-Winning "In The Mood for Love" and Andrei Tarkovski's much-applauded "The Stalker"(long shots framed by one single camera like in an Italian Theatre Box) Todd Field creates a brilliant "mind-boggling" interior drama which gives a lot of space for reflection!
A Top-Class Performance from the trio: Spacek, Wilkinson and the supporting Tomei under the coordination of Todd Field!
A big hand for The Academy for taking into consideration this motion picture (rather surprising!)