Far Side of the Moon (2003)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 | 01:45:34 | 7,21 Gb
Audio: French DTS/AC3 5.1/2.0 @ 755/384/192 Kbps | Subs: English
Genre: Drama
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 | 01:45:34 | 7,21 Gb
Audio: French DTS/AC3 5.1/2.0 @ 755/384/192 Kbps | Subs: English
Genre: Drama
From the creator and director of Cirque du Soleil’s hit show "Kà" (Robert Lepage) comes this visually dazzling, playfully surreal and wryly comedic look at the human quest for meaning. Reminiscent of a French-Canadian Woody Allen, Lepage himself stars in the dual roles of Phillippe and Andre, brothers from Quebec at odds after the loss of their mother. Featuring a fantastic score and breathtaking special effects, Far Side of the Moon is a whimsical and irreverently hilarious look at the effects of gravity on the human soul.
IMDB
I had heard of Robert Lepage's work and was not disappointed in the adaptation of his play. The basic premise of the work is the life of dreamy Andre, the elder of two brothers of a gorgeous mother. There is some intense symbolism at work here, the figure of the mother portrayed against the fascination of Andre for the moon itself. The brothers, identical in appearance, so different in personality both brilliantly played by Robert. One knows he is destined to be forever the dreamer, with some small triumphs ( a booking by a Russian for a lecture in Moscow, missed by Andre's absentmindedness, a winning of a video contest put on by SETI ). Meanwhile, Andre's real life is outlined in stunning detail, his deadend job in a call centre, his life surrounded by his dead mother's belongings, his ex-girlfriend, now living in a wealthy suburb. His interior life sustains him and the ending is uplifting and sad at the same time. 8 out of 10. Unusual and riveting.IMDB Reviewer
This movie is a gem. Almost flawless, you can feel that every detail has been tended to. From a great arm's length (the universe), it asks what we're meant to be doing on this ball that goes round and round. The cinematography constantly surprises, like stills in a photgraphic exhibit, and the score compliments beautifully. In the end, LePage concludes, all we have is art and poetry and love; these transcend the things that threaten to make us crazy.Customer Review, amazon.com
In the opening scene of Robert Lepage's stunning new film we learn that the moon's regarded as a "polished mirror, its dark scars and mysterious contours reflections of our own mountains and seas." Its other side — the far side — has spent its lifetime away from human eyes, deeply scarred by celestial debris that pummelled it for a lifetime.
If there is much to ponder in this potent image then it is lucky for us that the iconoclastic Quebecois director has symbolically turned towards it in The Far Side of the Moon, an adaptation of his stage play of the same name. His unorthodox view and stunning visual approach serve as the perfect vehicle, guiding us in a most entertaining fashion towards what lies beyond the great unknown.
In this film nothing can exist without its opposite. Light and dark, past and present, smart and dumb, lucky and unlucky are forever at odds. Yet, LePage is so in charge of his material, so sure of his theme of duality that he manages in his own quirky way to build the perfect symmetry. It makes sense, then, to have him play both title roles: Phillippe, the witty but deeply unhappy PhD candidate coping with the recent loss of his mother (Anne-Marie Cadieux) and his brother, Andre, a foppish TV weatherman whose mantra is ironically, "I speak loud and I'm not ridiculous." Phillippe is desperately trying to reach out to his estranged brother but their relationship is fraught with difficulty, a reality made none the easier by Andre's ability to attain everything he wants in life.
When not toiling away at his thesis and its argument that space travel is an extension of mankind's inherent narcissism, he's pondering the cosmos in the way that most people spend dissecting an episode of the X-Files — looking for clues in ordinary places, probing the cosmos for answers. LePage has made Phillippe's quest for depth the centrepiece of his film, but the departure for him is that he has injected it with equal doses of humour and pathos, which is a departure in a career marked by heavy fare. "How," he wonders, "do you balance the infinitely banal with the infinitely essential?" Like a walk on the moon, it is a delicate balance of gravity and levity.
Special Features:
- Featurette: The Creative Space of Robert Lepage
- Theatrical trailer
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