I’ve been in Winter Cave Mode ever since Thanksgiving. Plus, I am an extreme night owl who stays up late. I’m writing this at 2:43 AM. So, during the winter nights, my routine is to go into my castle, pull up the draw bridge, and set out the dragons. The cats and I build a fire and have dinner watching a variety of offbeat movies that many have not heard about….
The first film is an odd little piece with Alan Rickman called Snowcake. It is about a man who just got out of prison (Rickman’s character) and his chance meeting with a woman who is an adult autistic (played in raw form by Sigourney Weaver, sans make-up). The location is rural, snowy, small-town Canada where all strangers are viewed with caution. The emotional ride the film offers feels cold and emotionally struggling. However, the story gives the expected 25 mgs of meaningfulness at the end. The real value of the film is to observe Rickman and Weaver out of their usual roles and trying something different.
The second film is another Rickman flick that is much more engaging and emotionally satisfying called Something the Lord Made. This film is highly recommended for those viewers who like to have a little dose of virtue and history mixed together in their movies – along with a bit of a bow tied up at the end. The bow is true, and the truth of this movie is its satisfaction. It is an account of legendary medical pioneers Dr. Alfred Blalock (Rickman) and Vivien Thomas (played superbly by Mos Def) and their struggle to find a cure for the Blue Baby Syndrome. The film is also about much more, in that Vivien Thomas was a black, uneducated man in the 1930s who started his medical career cleaning out Dr. Blalock’s laboratory. It took decades for Thomas to get the credit he deserved as Dr. Blalock’s true partner, if not leader, in inventing the surgical strategies that lead to the survival of many children.
Get your warm socks on and lets make some coco…
The first film is an odd little piece with Alan Rickman called Snowcake. It is about a man who just got out of prison (Rickman’s character) and his chance meeting with a woman who is an adult autistic (played in raw form by Sigourney Weaver, sans make-up). The location is rural, snowy, small-town Canada where all strangers are viewed with caution. The emotional ride the film offers feels cold and emotionally struggling. However, the story gives the expected 25 mgs of meaningfulness at the end. The real value of the film is to observe Rickman and Weaver out of their usual roles and trying something different.
The second film is another Rickman flick that is much more engaging and emotionally satisfying called Something the Lord Made. This film is highly recommended for those viewers who like to have a little dose of virtue and history mixed together in their movies – along with a bit of a bow tied up at the end. The bow is true, and the truth of this movie is its satisfaction. It is an account of legendary medical pioneers Dr. Alfred Blalock (Rickman) and Vivien Thomas (played superbly by Mos Def) and their struggle to find a cure for the Blue Baby Syndrome. The film is also about much more, in that Vivien Thomas was a black, uneducated man in the 1930s who started his medical career cleaning out Dr. Blalock’s laboratory. It took decades for Thomas to get the credit he deserved as Dr. Blalock’s true partner, if not leader, in inventing the surgical strategies that lead to the survival of many children.
Get your warm socks on and lets make some coco…
They sound interesting. Worth trying.
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