the woods

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2003)

brilliant direction, beautiful cinematography, superb acting. yes, i really am giving dead poets society credit for all of the above. the restriction used, the formality of the camera--the distance from the actors most specifically--was no amount of sugar coating; it only made the suicide scene, the most intimate in the film, all the more gripping. i believe the film has been discussed exhaustively, therefore i won't bother launching a full-fledged analysis or criticism. i will say only that this film DID move me. where it moved me to, i will not say.