Juxtapositions…
Posted by jtrussell on April 18, 2008
The new David Gordon Green film, Snow Angels, is all about the juxtaposition. The twin stories are archetypal, aiming to reveal the purest of human joy and the depth of human sorrow. If anything the film can occasionally feel off balance, as though Green needs to have both the tales because he feels that either one alone would be a lie. But the raging changes of polarity come as a part of life itself, and Green takes them all to their furthest conclusions.
I hope that Pineapple Express is the big breakout for Green that opens him to any project he might want to do, but in that success I also hope he never gets away from his intimate stories of the violent turning points of life.
