The Color of Symbolism

Rating: 10/10 (28 September 2004)

Let's get this straight right away: 'The Village' is, by far, Night's best film. Simply because he has definitely and ultimately turned into a master story-teller that introduces characters in a genius way, using them for a very pertinent social commentary to the times we live in.
'The Village' has been critically destroyed by the unreasonable way it manipulates the spectator, by the shameless intentions of surprising just for the shock element. I saw, however, another film. I saw pure mastery in Lucius stab, a beautiful and unsettling story, a symbolic allegory for the U.S., filmed in such a subtle and classic way. I heard a soundtrack with a genuine soul. It seems to me a perfect film, one that raises immortal questions about religion, fear and ignorance  something unheard of in quite a while from Hollywood (apparently we still can believe in the dream factory).
It's hard to talk about a film that deserves a respectful silence, but also a discrete recommendation to our friends.
See to believe and understand.