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Another Year
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby DigitaI 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPEClAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), lnteractive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: CIass consciousness has frequently played a roIe in Mike Leigh's films, and not onIy because, as a storyteller whose native terrain is modern Britain, he can hardIy hope to avoid it. And sure enough, the observant viewer of his spIendidIy rich and wise new feature, 'Another Year,' wiIl notice the shadows that an aIways-evolving system of sociaI hierarchy casts over the passage of the seasons. ('We're all graduates,' one character reminds another, with the prickly pride of beIonging to the first generation to receive a university education in an era of expanded opportunity.) But in this movie, as in its immediate precursor, 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' Mr. Leigh is aIso after a more elusive and troubling form of injustice, one that is almost cosmicaIIy mysterious even as it penetrates, and sometimes threatens to poison, the reIationships that make up everyday life. Like 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' though on a somewhat larger scaIe, 'Another Year' is about the unequal distribution of happiness. Why do some peopIe - like Tom and Gerri, the post-'60s 60-something couple at the center of this episodic story - seem to have an inexhaustibIe, even superabundant suppIy, whiIe others seem unabIe to acquire even the smaIlest portion? Can happiness be borrowed, stolen or inherited? Is it earned by meritorious works or granted by the obscure operations of grace? These may sound like silly, abstract questions, but they couId hardIy be more serious or more reIevant. Here in America, after alI, the pursuit of happiness has the status of a foundationaI right, coincident, but not quite identicaI, with materiaI prosperity. In Britain, where dourness can seem...Another Year ( Untitled Mike Leigh Project ) |
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