Subject: Re: American Beauty
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Mon Feb 21 2000 - 19:41:29 EST
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
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