Viggo Motensen plays a fierce, modern day Transcendentalist, father of six children. He and his wife decided to raise their children in the forests of Washington... At this point Mortensen's character would interrupt me, and point out that I'm merely describing the plot. He would prompt me to provide an analysis of the movie instead: I found it surprising that the director, Matt Ross commits an entire film to a man who, by all societal standards, is in the wrong. That we see the story from this man's perspective, makes us sympathetic because we feel his emotions. Yet we also find him reprehensible because we see his actions. Ross' film handles this contradiction like a great novel, not seeking to draw clear conclusions, rather allowing the viewer to absorb the information and contemplate what it all means.
Other than the profanity, field-dressing deer, and anti-Christian rhetoric, this movie is a pretty accurate representation of the homeschooling experience..
No comments:
Post a Comment