Blue Valentine
It’s January, so here’s a film fixated with the misery of a relationship…
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Incendiary
Art in the imitation of life has fascinated man since the first cave dweller illustrated life-sustaining animals on walls. This fascination with understanding and depicting our moments on earth has become the drive behind art and film historical studies – disciplines effective in carrying important subtexts about humanity’s past and present. Critical dissection of these subtexts is crucial to understanding the reflexive nature of artistic vision. We live in a time of terror and film is likewise conscious of this fact. Representations of grief, war, and struggle take on new meaning under the dictates of current world events. What messages are these films sending to the viewers asking for thrills and entertainment? Some films are perhaps more sinister in their coding than we would like to believe while others make no effort to hide their intentions. Incendiary is a film without shadows, yet its darkness and its seemly implausible and morally conflicted plot reflect an excruciatingly personal element of our current human struggle.
