I've never been a fan of Clint Eastwood, while recognizing all the credit "objective." A master of impeccable and never sloppy filmmaking. Maybe too classic for my taste.
This time I have to change his mind (and someone who cares comment :-)).
Eastwood chooses to "Hereafter," a cumbersome and elusive subject, which you embarrassed to talk about. It is not easy to deal with the "concept" (or reality?) Of death, yet more difficult is trying to tell, in some way. The director uses three characters and three stories. Matt Damon is a young worker in San Francisco with the gift and the conviction to make contact with the dead. Cecile De France is a French journalist who survived the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. Little George Mc Laren has instead lost the beloved twin brother in a senseless accident. The death becomes a reality in the lives of three characters, with an uncomfortable reality that is painful and complex deal with it, a reality that is confusing, but at the same time offering strange certainties. Describing the three lives, Eastwood does not "unbalanced" never. It 'a thrilling and touching film, but inexplicably simple and without excess. The theme and the choice made more markedly narrative would lead anyone to "exaggerate" to lapse into easy tears and emotion sensational. The classicism and delicacy of Eastwood, however, prevent this, giving a fair, balanced, tense and serene at the same time, for the duration of the film.
And the key choice, the taste of the story seems to be winning. Eastwood does not try to dig so cumbersome in the personalities of his creatures. The leaves emerge through the telling of their reality, making sure they are the "facts" to speak, to make sense to allow us to imagine.
The director, finally, once again a classic and impeccable. Eastwood's technique is a form of respect and love for cinema and its audience. Nothing is left to chance and every shot is accurate and meaningful piece of reality film that runs before your eyes.
ps. applaud the small Mc Laren. His story is more touching and delicate. The child actor offers an interpretation that leaves you breathless.
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