Thanks for reminding me of this film. It had many good
characters in
in it, but the one I found the most interesting was the
preacher.
(The character who blew the stick-up).
The character was portrayed as being a crazy, over the
top
killer in Vietnam who lost his confidence in this type
of
behavior in civilian life. I think the film did a really
interesting
job of turning this inside out. We would normally consider
this a
good moral progession, but through the point of view of the
film it's
seen as a tragic flaw.
This is exactly what I'm thinking about - adapting the logic
and
the moral perspective of a criminal narrator. At the same
time,
putting enough nuance in it that your own moral perspectives,
while
not presented in a preachy manner, are also found (if only
through
the distance you maintain from the characters).
This is a good film to think about, thanks.
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Fred Willard
fwillard@mindspring.com
http://www.mindspring.com/~fwillard
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