[New post] Movie Catch-Up: The Burning Plain

Robin Catling posted: "In the middle of a desert stands a burning trailer, the central event around which interlocking stories over a fourteen year period revolve. Flipping back and forth in time between three seemingly unrelated stories of love and family, the connections grad" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Everything Express Movie Catch-Up: The Burning Plain by Robin Catling In the middle of a desert stands a burning trailer, the central event around which interlocking stories over a fourteen year period revolve. Flipping back and forth in time between three seemingly unrelated stories of love and family, the connections gradually become clear. Written and directed by Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, Babel and 21 Grams) it's a movie of strong female leads; Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger and a young Jennifer Lawrence. The convoluted structure is both challenging and intriguing. The first hurdle, working out who is the younger and older version of which character, then gives way to unravelling how they get to be those people. The dislocation between places - New Mexico and Oregon - is extreme, the jumps in time are subtle, as everything takes place in dowdy, run-down rather timeless settings. Read more of this post Robin Catling | August 14, 2012 at 12:12 am | Tags: movie, review | Categories: Culture, Film | URL: http://wp.me/p1uj0o-264 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://everythingexpress.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/movie-catch-up-the-burning-plain/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com