Product: The Last Unicorn [VHS] (1982)
Rating: 5.0
Thematic depth beyond what most people realize.
I actually have not seen this DVD release, and so can't comment to the quality. The film itself, though, is really quite good and has been one of my favorites since I first saw it at the age of 4. The themes are profound and universal, and are realized in a subtle and graceful manner. I actually think the film may surpass the book in expressiveness, which is a rare thing. There are many gems here, but, for me, it is the story's villains that are most expressive. Haggard is a poignant and near perfect symbol of all that is bitter and blind. In the delusion that is jadedness, he believes he can hold prisoner the one spark of beauty he is able to perceive, and he cannot understand that in doing so he is destroying it. Good stuff.