The Proposition
Just finished watching 'The Proposition' - Australian film written by the God of Music (in the world according to Mel, anyway!); Nick Cave. I was a little apprehensive about seeing it. I had heard some really bad responses to it. In particular, one scene, relating to a woman being raped. I hesitated in seeing the film based on this one scene.
I have now seen it. My opinion does not waver. Nick is the God of Music. I now have a new respect for the man... he can goddamned write! Great film. Violent and messy... what more can one expect about a film set in a country where the white man settled as convicts... christ, most of the constabulary were convicts for the time period this was written. It was an unpleasant time in Australian history, it was never going to be 'The Titanic'for fuck's sake!!!! :)
To end this... my final thought is; Am I so insensitive that what a normal woman finds disgusting? And I accept as normal? Can I watch such filth and find it the norm? Maybe. Maybe I have stared too long into the abyss, and now it stares long into me. Should I step back from my work and realise that normal people don't see or deal with the things I see. Am I so de-sensitised? The thought makes my blood run cold.
Perhaps my only saving grace is my son. I cried during this film ('The Proposition')because a young boy is sentenced to be tortured, and I saw it from a mother's point of view, and that made it a terrible thing to watch. Maybe there is some redemption for all of us. Still I tread carefully upon the abyss.
I have now seen it. My opinion does not waver. Nick is the God of Music. I now have a new respect for the man... he can goddamned write! Great film. Violent and messy... what more can one expect about a film set in a country where the white man settled as convicts... christ, most of the constabulary were convicts for the time period this was written. It was an unpleasant time in Australian history, it was never going to be 'The Titanic'for fuck's sake!!!! :)
To end this... my final thought is; Am I so insensitive that what a normal woman finds disgusting? And I accept as normal? Can I watch such filth and find it the norm? Maybe. Maybe I have stared too long into the abyss, and now it stares long into me. Should I step back from my work and realise that normal people don't see or deal with the things I see. Am I so de-sensitised? The thought makes my blood run cold.
Perhaps my only saving grace is my son. I cried during this film ('The Proposition')because a young boy is sentenced to be tortured, and I saw it from a mother's point of view, and that made it a terrible thing to watch. Maybe there is some redemption for all of us. Still I tread carefully upon the abyss.
posted by Mel at Sunday, February 26, 2006
1 Comments:
Kylie and I watched The Proposition for the first time the other night. A brilliant movie!
I'm a big fan of old westerns, especially Segio Leone's films ("Fistful of Dollars", "A Few Dollars More", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly") and would have to say that this (despite - or because of? - the Australian setting) rates right up there as one of the best Westerns ever made.
Brilliantly filmed and acted, very gritty (as befits the era) and I didn't think there was anything gratuitous about the violence at all! Very realistic, very effective. I hope Nick Cave writes more Australian Westerns! :)
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