Subject: Re: American Beauty
From: Gene (pariah1980@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Feb 23 2000 - 00:48:07 EST
--- AntiUtopia@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/21/00 6:08:31 PM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> seandr@microsoft.com writes:
>
> > If the film has any opinion about its characters,
> > it's that of the voyeuristic pot-dealer, who
> > finds striking beauty in places most of us
> wouldn't
> > think to look. This film is anything but
> condemning.
> >
> > -Sean
> > -
>
> Right, I think that's the POV the movie was trying
> to convey. I don't think
> the filmmakers intended to justify, or normalize,
> the pathos of the
> characters. I think he was showing a way to see the
> beauty through the
> pathos. The one character who really grew -- Lester
> -- did just that.
>
> Jim
And notice that the when Lester aka Spacey finds out
his daughter is running off with the next door pot
dealer, he says "Good for her!" Almost like he wished
he could've/would've done the same at that age if he
found someone like that.:)
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