Product: Snow Falling on Cedars (2000)
Rating: 5.0
I read the book and watched the film
For some reason, a great many viewers seem to have strong negative feelings about this film. I think it is a neglected beauty, both a faithful adaptation of a fine book, and a near perfect memory piece. A complex mixture of love, loss, and various injustices wrought by war, the film rewards in many ways. The performances are strong, as is the direction, and the screenplay.Perhaps its brooding tone, shifts in time, and portrayal of a shameful period in US/Japanese relationships are an unsettling brew for the casual movie viewer. This is a fine DVD presentation of an excellent feature.