steviepics-1
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Bravo! This is a beautifully observed and authentic film, shot mostly in hand held closeup. A style which anticipates Bruno's shrinking world, faced as he is with the prospect of losing his sight on the verge of his maturity into adulthood. It could be documentary almost, expressed with a limited narrative in which the viewer must fill in certain of the gaps, just as the young teenager's future is unclear and unknowable. No matter the love and affection that envelopes him ... his mother, his brother, his bestie and his teacher will, in time, not be able to 'see' for him, and that becomes a path he must follow alone. The cast is perfect, the film deftly improvised. Especially convincing the devoted relationship between Bruno and his younger brother, Ronny.
Both series of this drama made for extremely compelling viewing, but it ought to have been made much clearer, upfront, that substantial sections were the work of complete invention.
Most troubling, and as so many have commented here, was the casting of Kenneth Noye as some golden playboy figure.
I appreciate that person is living and its entitled to the full protection of the libel laws, but not to the honey glaze he was accorded in the drama.
It concerns me that the soft pedal on this character was very deliberate, especially when Sam Spruell turned up as a later character (Charlie Miller).
He would have been far more accurate casting for Noye.
Most troubling, and as so many have commented here, was the casting of Kenneth Noye as some golden playboy figure.
I appreciate that person is living and its entitled to the full protection of the libel laws, but not to the honey glaze he was accorded in the drama.
It concerns me that the soft pedal on this character was very deliberate, especially when Sam Spruell turned up as a later character (Charlie Miller).
He would have been far more accurate casting for Noye.
