Back to Essential Cinemas and tonight I don't know what's better: this beautifully shot complex story about contemporary Iraq (depressing) or Chale's notes which provide the best socio-political-cultural view of life in modern day Iraq (complex and depressing). The film is about an assassin who lives with a blended family: husband and wife, pregnant step-daughter and a young son who yearns to be in school but spends his day shining shoes. The family has stresses and strains, there are illicit affairs and incest and the assassin functions as a hit man for an Iraqi mafia type boss. And then goes on to kill whomever. While confusing at times I've learned to sit back and watch and ask questions when it's over. Now I'm comfortable to turn to the young man sitting next to Abe at the end of the film and ask him what I didn't quite get. And in the hallway the discussion continues with other AFS attendees. Happy to be back to the Alamo and Chale's notes.
Class with CK McFarland today. God she is a great acting teacher! Lucky me!
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