take this sinking boat and point it home, we've still got time

[thehefner]

This was exactly what I needed to see tonight.

ONCE is one of those rare movies I think I'm comfortable in telling each and every one of you to see. Yes. Yes, I think you all should see it. It's a crime that this sweet, heartfelt, moving little film is going virtually unseen (by anyone I know). What LOST IN TRANSLATION and GARDEN STATE seem to be for everyone else, ONCE is for me. Maybe I should be glad that it hasn't been discovered by everyone else and beaten into the ground, held up to be something it's not, just like LIT and GS.

Even if I weren't in a fragile state, I would likely have cried anyway. As it was... well, when the big song started, the song that the whole film was clearly built around, I was just all but sobbing. From that point on, the film just unfolded wonderfully, and in its own tiny, wonderful little way, earned itself a permanent spot in my heart.

Do any of you remember how, when I saw THE FOUNTAIN, I remarked as to how rare truly beautiful movies are? Regardless of how any of you felt about THE FOUNTAIN, I think that still holds true. By the end of the film, when "Falling Slowly" began to play again, I began crying again, but only this time there was a strange, moved, tight-lipped smile affixed to my face.

I am very stingy when it comes to buying music. Let me tell you, when I got home, the first thing I did was go on iTunes and buy the soundtrack. Has anyone ever heard of the Irish band The Frames? I think I need to seek them out, like pronto.

This is a nearly perfect little film. Seek it out before it vanishes, I beg of you. I may see it again Thursday, just in case it's gone by the weekend.

Comments

[adaptor.livejournal.com]

Wow, that looks excellent! I'll keep an eye out for it!

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Definitely do! Meantime, I've thrown ARMY OF SHADOWS near the top of my Netflix queue!

[adaptor.livejournal.com]

You're not gonna save it to watch with me? ;-)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

You gonna get your butt down to DC anytime soon?? I'll hold off on it, and that's a promise!

[swimpenguin.livejournal.com]

I keep hearing about this little movie everywhere, defintley have to see if it's around DC.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

It's at Bethesda Row, the "indie" theater. Dunno where else.

[fishymcb.livejournal.com]

I have heard of the Frames. Just before we broke up, Carrie downloaded "Lay Me Down" to my PC. I found it a few months later, and it's heartbreakingly beautiful.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Yeah, then you'd totally dig this film. Imagine an entire MOVIE of that.