This
week we are assigned to watch a movie on the top-five lists of Mr. Salkil and
Dr. Everson and I decide to go with It’s a Wonderful Life by Frank Capra. That film basically talks about how an angel
helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman who once tried to
commit suicide, by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.
Technically, It's
a Wonderful Life is impressive. A huge, 300-yard long representation of
Bedford Falls' main street was constructed, with over 80 stores and buildings,
and 20 transplanted oak trees. This
remarkable work puts individual and group interests in tension. Objected the opportunities for individualist
enterprise that are the stock in trade of American cinematic heroism, George is
pulled towards communal effort and self-effacement.
Whether
you view this film in the middle of the summer or at Christmas’ Eve, Capra's
greatest movie represents one of the most outstanding and joyful experiences
any movie-lover can dream about.
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