2001 Talk About Movies
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Contents © 2001
by Jim Holman.
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COLD HEAVEN

Ernie: Alex comes back to life the first time when Marie is weakening, asking herself, "Is this what I wanted? Is this what it feels like to think about right and wrong?" Matthew: She's confronted with what she's doing; the Lord lets her see the damage she's doing to her marriage. * * *

Matthew: I liked the way the film handled the marriages -- the spouses had grown apart, but there was something that endured beyond their own experience of the marriage. Ernie: There was still something real in both of them. Matthew: Anna says, "I'll still be here. It never changes." Ernie: And Daniel says, "It'd be easier if I didn't still feel the same way about you." Marie and Daniel are dumping that for passion's sake. Matthew: And Marie was forced to realize that passion was the only good Daniel had to offer; that's why she begged him to say nothing had changed. * * *

Matthew: The priest's final speech was disappointing. I admired the film's restraint throughout; the director was willing to trade on images and symbols -- the submerged statue of the Virgin Mary when Alex is hit by the boat -- and then suddently... Ernie: The ham fist came down.