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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

Bald Move Prestige

Bald Move

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.5942 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2014

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Special thanks to listener Ali who commissioned this podcast through our Subbable subscription system! Jim and A.Ron check out the award winning 1997 film, "The Sweet Hereafter", which is based on the novel of the same name by author Russell Banks, and is directed by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan. It stars Ian Holm (Lord of the Rings, Alien, Fifth Element) and Bruce Greenwood (Thirteen Days, Star Trek, Capote) among others. It is an extraordinary film, quiet with sadness and desperation, set in a small Canadian town that has recently suffered a tragic blow when a school bus accident claims the lives of several children. When a lawyer steps forward to offer justice and compensation to the mourning residents, he meets varying levels of cooperation and resistance. We hope you enjoy our take, and thanks again Ali! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Welcome to the Sweet Here podcast a podcast commissioned by fellow fan Ali

0:27.4

through our sub-able dot com slash bald move link it's the top tier brass ring, you can't commission us to do a custom

0:34.9

podcast on damn near anything. On two to three hours worth of content we will consume it and we will

0:42.0

convert into a podcast.

0:44.0

Ali is really thrown down the gauntlet.

0:48.0

He is pushing us far outside of our envelope.

0:51.0

For sure.

0:52.0

This movie, uh movie made in 1997 is an adult piece of film in every

1:00.6

sense of the word. It is definitely what I would describe as a film,

1:04.8

not a movie, not a flick, it is a film.

1:08.0

It takes a very nuanced approach to deep themes.

1:11.6

At a cinema. Yeah, you don't see it at the movies, you see it at the cinema.

1:16.0

Sure.

1:17.0

Yeah, I know.

1:18.0

And it's interesting because like, you know, a lot of people say when you talk about kids

1:23.4

entertainment like something is purely for kids you know it doesn't have anything for

1:26.9

adults this is like the opposite of that this is something that says nothing

1:31.6

for a child you have to have a very mature outlook on life to

1:35.5

even approach and excess let alone to enjoy so you're gonna have two children

1:41.1

reviewing an adults movie. Exactly.

1:44.0

Well, that's an interesting thing because a lot of these films, I don't know that you're intended to enjoy them.

1:51.5

It's kind of like you're supposed to appreciate the complexities and the emotional

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