Winters Bone
This is the best film I have seen this year.
It is courageous, consistent and utterly humourless, which is entirely fitting.
A view of American society that rarely makes it into the cinema, the US underclass in all its hopelessness and dreadfulness; do not look for a rose tinted ending, it is true to its narrative.
The breakdown of society, the replacement of humane kindred spirit and support by a code of silence and violence.
We have the same dreadful state of affairs in the UK, and it needs open debate and a sense of urgency to tackle it.
Worth your time.
M
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Topic - Winters Bone - Mr Underhill 11:49:00 10/18/11 (17)
- My danish wife refuses to believe that places and people like this actually exist NT - Frihed89 06:43:25 10/23/11 (2)
- She didn't take Danish history, Viking Era? * - mr grits 11:49:47 10/23/11 (0)
- Really? She needs to see The Pusher trilogy. nt - tinear 09:37:37 10/23/11 (0)
- RE: Winters Bone - HI FI BOB 14:35:12 10/21/11 (0)
- Them's was rough folks . . . - mr grits 23:05:05 10/18/11 (8)
- RE: Them's was rough folks . . . - Mr Underhill 13:43:46 10/20/11 (7)
- Hello: a great film, agreed. Now, aren't you the guy who used to post "Outside?" If so, - tinear 08:58:29 10/22/11 (0)
- "a MANDATORY life sentence"... - mkuller 20:41:31 10/20/11 (4)
- MK, there are death penalties out there for dealing . . . - mr grits 15:50:09 10/21/11 (0)
- RE: "a MANDATORY life sentence"... - Mr Underhill 03:07:53 10/21/11 (2)
- I'm not convinced... - mkuller 09:07:18 10/21/11 (1)
- Nothing is foolproof - Mr Underhill 02:41:58 10/22/11 (0)
- Great points our middle class sensibilities won't wrap around. * - mr grits 18:29:53 10/20/11 (0)
- If you really want to be blown away then read the novel on which the movie is based - Doug Flynn 15:37:58 10/18/11 (1)
- RE: If you really want to be blown away then read the novel on which the movie is based - Mr Underhill 13:35:33 10/20/11 (0)
- Dark But Not Humorless (spoiler) - manerac 13:32:08 10/18/11 (1)
- RE: Dark But Not Humorless (spoiler) - Mr Underhill 13:35:12 10/20/11 (0)