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Saturday 4 December 2010

Theme of the month:comfort and joy

So, here it is: my new film section that will discuss different films centring around the theme of the month, known as TOTM in posterity.
This month, I wanted to question whether films that evoke a feeling of comfort in the viewer are noteworthy or even successful and whether this often fleeting, feeling of comfort and stillness is reflective of the film's denoument as a whole. A slightly off the cuff film that springs to mind is Dr Zhivago, where, towards the end, the lovers and child have moved to the glacial country house and for a significant moment, are caught in an icy stillness and purity, redolent of true happiness and thus, from nothing, create warmth and spirit, that lingers timelessly, even after their separation. I always consider this scene a late, futile but necessary sense of comfort which precedes their impending loss.

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