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The Only Son

Tweet Review by Dean Duncan Jun 2, 2015 @deanduncan63

Saw #TheOnlySon. Courtesy & consideration continue as hopeful ambitions resolve into pretty deep disappointment. As a result …

… courtesy & consideration start registering w’ earthquake magnitude. Not religion per se, but spirituality still! #thresholdofsignificance

#TheOnlySon. Really noticed those pillow shots! I know that’s Ozu 101, but had I ever thought them through sufficiently? …

… They don’t just strike you as punctuation, as rhythmic, or restful, or resigned, though they’re definitely those thing …

… But they’re also provocative, portentous, plain radical. What if you took out plot & character completely? The Still Lives …

… might still remain, & still contain the director & all of his power, the world & all its sad substance.