Footsteps

“The Sacrifice” (Andrei Tarkovsky-1986) somehow stands far and remote. It is about that ultimate solution for mankind: the ability to go beyond oneself.

“The Cider House Rules” (Lasse Hallstrom-1999) is the story of finding ourselves. Homer leaves the orphanage to see a world that is supposed to be by far better. Like all other kids in the orphanage, he is fascinated to see this world. What he sees though is confusion and chaos: a woman that can’t offer her love, a father that rapes his daughter, a man that goes to war to come back on a wheelchair. Homer sees the world and grows up at the end. He goes through this mystical experience to appreciate what he hadn't.

“Doctor Zhivago” (David Lean-1965) is the confrontation of two worlds. The world of Zhivago, Lara, and Tanya, and the world of Strelnikov and Komarovsky, and those who want to define the boundaries of happiness for others. The difference is Zhivago, Lara, and Tonya have experienced love, Strelnikov and Komarovsky haven’t. The first world does not need too many words for communication. The second world though has to use a lot of words.

“Se7en” (David Fincher-1995) could have been simply a dark film but it turns out to be different at the end. Se7en is the story of a guru who loses his student at the last moment when he thinks he has taught him everything he knew. The guru, though, decides not to give up and the whole thing becomes an awakening experience for him too.

“Blue” (Krzysztof Kieslowski-1993) is a reminder. A reminder of a fact that we usually forget in difficulties of our daily lives.