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...Earth. Harrison Ford, as Deckard, is a blade runner—a policeman who specializes in terminating replicants. Deckard is brought out of retirement when five replicants escape from their colony and comes back to Earth. The gray and rainy vision of Los Angeles is but one of the film??s astounding visuals. 7 p.m. Tickets $8; $6 students. Harvard Film Archive...
...Guerin herself: her character, her motivations, her fears and her doubts. Cate Blanchett’s resplendent performance as Guerin seethes with passion and intensity in every scene. It is her skillful work—as well as that of her supporting cast—that compensates for the film??s directorial inadequacies...
Death is precisely what this film is about—what death takes from us, what it leaves behind. The film??s title refers to the amount of body mass a person is said to lose at the exact moment of death—the weight of the soul, some might say. The film??s narrative tiptoe dance through the past, present and future challenges this saying by reminding us repeatedly of just how much the characters once had, and asking us to decide how much they’ve lost through the death of others...
...fateful car accident is at the heart of the film??s plot. Up until the moment when the collision unfolds onscreen, we’re allowed to see only snippets of it alongside a hodgepodge of scenes recalling less painful (if not happier) moments before the catastrophe, as well as glimpses into its disastrous consequences. Iñárritu’s decision to slice the film??s narrative into an intricate sequence of short, hard-hitting vignettes allows for an almost voyeuristic glimpse into the characters’ lives—like flipping through...
...film??s final lesson is that human nature cannot be changed. Morris, who said that the lessons gleaned from his interviews with McNamara were far more optimistic than his own views, preferred to take the lessons a step further. “I have a much simpler view,” he explained. “My view is we’re fucked...