Incredible use of music.

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2000)

Since I saw this movie in 1993, I've seen it again many times and appreciated it more every time I see it. The one aspect of it that caught my attention first was it's dramatic use of music. There's a distinct lack of atmospheric music, which becomes blaringly obvious when, during the grieving process, the lead character is suddenly hit with a severe sadness; something I find to be an accurate depiction. The overall feeling of the movie itself seems, to me, to be >like that of music: not forceful in it's attempt to provoke emotion, more of a subtle feeling of sharing in the human experience that is both painful and beautiful.