Moral Ambiguity Mother Night is a thought-provoking exploration of morality, loyalty and despair. Loyalties shift, betrayal is always a possibility.
People become capable of desperate and sometimes monstrous acts.
He was a spy, a traitor, an unrecognized war hero and ultimately a victim of war and its wily progenitor, nationalism. Campbell's bizarre history unfolds in Mother Night , Keith Gordon's haunting film based on Kurt Vonnegut Jr's tragicomic novel. It's easily Nolte's best performance. Aging has only improved his craft, making him more subdued and introspective. Gordon's exceptionally literate film, which unfortunately never opened locally, is now available on video.