charley-8

This film is outstanding. I'm wondering if it deserves a 10(which I have never given). Moving, sophisticated, profound are just a few of the words that come to mind. How did I miss this when it was first released? Streep is at her top level, which is very high indeed. Likewise Cage. The whole cast is excellent, for that matter. Reality passed through so many prisms! Internal conflicts, bumping up against that reality(or should I say, those realities) make for mind-stretching entertainment. Bravo!

This story remind me in some ways of Peter Matthiesen's, _The Snow Leopard_: quests for something rare in the natural world that reflect deep psychological conflicts in the searchers.

My wife and I watched the DVD of _The Third Man_ last night. I hadn't seen it in @25 years and had forgotten its greatness. Rarely do you find a film in which you wouldn't want to change a thing. This is such a film. I wracking my brain to think of a film that uses black and white as dramatically -- maybe _The Night of the Hunter_