10 Rillington Place is more than a classic film. It is frequently referred to whenever the call for the death penalty is made in Britain. The notorious miscarriage of justice i.e the hanging of Timothy Evans, an immature half-wit, for the murder of his wife and child when it is almost universally accepted that they perished at the hands of John "Reg" Christie, is one which will always haunt the British legal system. When Christie was found guilty and hanged as a serial killer of women, the body of Evans was exhumed and reburied in consecrated ground but this did nothing to hide the embarrassment of those who supported the death penalty.
The film is a simple masterpiece and shows Attenborough in one if not the best performances i have seen up till now.
Something that confused me was what did John "Reg" Christie actually do? I think he fancied himself as a landlord but....?
Monday 16 February 2009
Monday 2 February 2009
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road.
Revolutionary Road is a story that you won't be able to shake easily. The film will stick in your head and leave you to contemplate what has just happened on the screen before you. Richard Yates gives us the story of Frank and April Wheeler, the seemingly perfect suburbia couple. We soon find out their marriage is teetering on the edge of a collapse as they are overwhelmed by the fact that they have each made the wrong choices in their lives.
I wasn't quite sure what you were suppose to feel once the film was over. I was numb.
One line in the film has stuck with me (not quite sure how it was worded) "I pity that baby!" I think that will hit home with so many people.
I feel that society or the underprivileged in a way value that a baby can be there where to redeem themselves to make something that will live on. But that isn't the case.
It shows to what extreme people go to avoid misery. Revolutionary Road certainly made me uncomfortable throughout.
Even to watch the trailer it gives you the sense of despair. An almost unbearable urge to look away. Its like a car crash...
The film asks questions like are we really FREE? Is life an illusion?
"I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does. " – Jorge Luis Borges
Revolutionary Road is a story that you won't be able to shake easily. The film will stick in your head and leave you to contemplate what has just happened on the screen before you. Richard Yates gives us the story of Frank and April Wheeler, the seemingly perfect suburbia couple. We soon find out their marriage is teetering on the edge of a collapse as they are overwhelmed by the fact that they have each made the wrong choices in their lives.
I wasn't quite sure what you were suppose to feel once the film was over. I was numb.
One line in the film has stuck with me (not quite sure how it was worded) "I pity that baby!" I think that will hit home with so many people.
I feel that society or the underprivileged in a way value that a baby can be there where to redeem themselves to make something that will live on. But that isn't the case.
It shows to what extreme people go to avoid misery. Revolutionary Road certainly made me uncomfortable throughout.
Even to watch the trailer it gives you the sense of despair. An almost unbearable urge to look away. Its like a car crash...
The film asks questions like are we really FREE? Is life an illusion?
"I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does. " – Jorge Luis Borges
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