Speaking of which…

I’ve just finished watching an absolutely superb North American film that my father found. He saw it on SBS (one of only two non-commercial broadcasters here in Australia) just before Christmas and asked me to order it from the ‘States via Amazon for him. This is the kind of presentation that the most talented film-makers in the U.S. excel at, having just the right unique cultural edge that differentiates their work from European and Asian works in similar styles.

The film is called The Station Agent, slow, minimal, clever, charming, poignant and beautiful, I gave it full marks at 10, a film perfectly suited to my tastes. In the simple presentation hides an extraordinarily deep and emotional heart which drives the film through its characters and their ordinary lives. This is the kind of subtlety I’ve grown so fond of in films, and The Station Agent is a perfect example of it. Those with short attention spans need not apply.