Truth

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2005)

This movie reminded me in many ways of Lars Von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark", a musical about a woman (played by Björk) who does anything possible to save the future of her young son. She ends up loosing her own life over this, and the execution scene is one of the most haunting scenes i've ever seen on screen. But having seen Ennis swearing to be truthful forever to the love of his life, Jack, but without being able to articulate this in so many words because of fear, and because he probably doesn't even understand the feelings he has, i have to say, i surrendered completely.
This film is the perfect example of how important it is for the director as well as the actors to maintain a truthfulness towards the characters, they are portraying.
The story is pure and nothing is overstated. And where Lars Von Trier deliberately wanted to seduce his audience, Lee wants only to share this story with us. He does not at any time force us into feeling a particular way or feel, that he must explain his characters to us. He simply let's them tell their own story in their own way. This is of course also based on a very precise script. The scenes do not tell us, where the characters are going, it simply unravels each their inevitable destinies as they happen.
I have seldomly been this moved by a film, as i was by Brokeback Mountain. As others have stated before me, this is not just a provocative "gay-movie", but a haunting but also in many ways reassuring portrait of love.
I will care these people with me for a long time to come.