2002 Far from Heaven, Todd Haynes
with Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
With "Far From Heaven" continues the task of transforming the opera began in the eighties and rarely managed effectively. In this case the operation was perfectly successful.
E '1957, and the life of Cathy Whitaker is perfect: her husband, home, children. One evening, Mr. Whitaker and his wife remains in office has the bad idea to bring him personally dinner. But he is not alone ...
must immediately make an introduction: Todd Haynes is, along with Ozon and a few others, one of the authors of the new generation prometenti. It should be recalled her beautiful "Velvet Goldmine", a tribute to Bowie and reflection on an era of rock.
"Far From Heaven" is not an exercise in style. And it's not a job cold and impersonal. Haynes now offers the tables starting from the headlines that are explicitly taken from the movie fifties. The same film was shot, played and written as if it had been made in that decade. The only dissonant note is to show openly gay husband of Cathy, which is impossible for a Hollywood movie of the fifties (and rare even in modern times). The only movie that cleverly managed to circumvent the obstacle most memorable was the "Suddenly Last Summer." "Far From Heaven" is configured, and then, as a sort of ring closure of a chain, as the apotheosis of the apple and blend of old and new. If your clothes rustling and pompous, hairstyles, colors, titles and credits may seem irredeemably kitsch, in fact they are not at all. The work setting has been done for this film is worthy of the best Visconti, is a perfect historical reconstruction. Even at the script level, in addition to the beautiful and effective lines, there is a strong social critique to the bigoted and racist America and the Upper class residential areas. Note on the usual Julianne Moore, here in the role of heroine in decay, in addition to being probably the greatest living actress, is perfectly set in the role and acts as the stars of the past with the classic hyper or sovrarecitato.
"Far From Heaven" also has much in common with "American Beauty", but without the satirical style that characterizes latter. However, there is a movie for everyone because of the slowness of some scenes and dialogue rather than forced, details that have absolutely no flaws. Let's say that more than anything else who does not love the classics can not love this movie. And this is a classic of modern cinema and a classic of modern perfection.
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