I recently watched a movie that slipped by me, and perhaps it slipped by you as well. The Guys is a movie based on a play written by Anne Nelson starring Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia, directed by Jim Simpson. Anthony LaPaglia plays a fire captain that lost eight of his men in the 911 disaster. Sigourney Weaver plays an editor that helps him prepare the eulogies that he must ultimately deliver at the services for each of his men.
A while back, I talked about an entertaining epic movie and said that movies like these were the reason you go to see a movie. Well, this is the other reason. I can't tell you that this movie will entertain you, because it won't. But for those of you who did not lose a family member, a close friend or even an acquaintance on 911, then you must watch this film.
Like so many others, I was sheltered by the very personal pain that people went through and still live with every day. The closest I've come to really feeling the loss is a family that I met through music since 911 and that have become very dear and important to me who lost friends and relatives. The other are two close friends, brothers that escaped New York City that morning with their lives. Without these experiences directly, it's hard to understand the deep, personal injury inflicted by those that committed the tragic events of 911. And if you're like me, there a sort of guilt that you carry around with you because you know that you don't feel the anger and the pain as much as others with first hand experience. You want to realize their pain, but you can't quite get there. This film will help you to do so.
Sigourney is beautifully cast as her facial expressions show you how she struggles to understand what the fire captain is going through. Anthony LaPaglia portrays the atypical, New York City paid, working class guy also struggling to find meaning in the events that fell around him.
I also came away from watching this wonderful film with a little more understanding of how the City of New York itself was deeply wounded and forever scared that September day - a city known for it's strength of will and character stripped of it's glory and grandeur in one single, cruel stroke. New York City will never lose it's character. On the contrary, it's events like this that shape it. The grandeur is back and some say the glory was never gone. But like an innocent child that has been raped, it will never be the same.
Please watch this film. It's hard at times, but the next time you talk with someone that was there on that awful day or the next time you see a fire fighter, you'll be glad that you did.
A while back, I talked about an entertaining epic movie and said that movies like these were the reason you go to see a movie. Well, this is the other reason. I can't tell you that this movie will entertain you, because it won't. But for those of you who did not lose a family member, a close friend or even an acquaintance on 911, then you must watch this film.
Like so many others, I was sheltered by the very personal pain that people went through and still live with every day. The closest I've come to really feeling the loss is a family that I met through music since 911 and that have become very dear and important to me who lost friends and relatives. The other are two close friends, brothers that escaped New York City that morning with their lives. Without these experiences directly, it's hard to understand the deep, personal injury inflicted by those that committed the tragic events of 911. And if you're like me, there a sort of guilt that you carry around with you because you know that you don't feel the anger and the pain as much as others with first hand experience. You want to realize their pain, but you can't quite get there. This film will help you to do so.
Sigourney is beautifully cast as her facial expressions show you how she struggles to understand what the fire captain is going through. Anthony LaPaglia portrays the atypical, New York City paid, working class guy also struggling to find meaning in the events that fell around him.
I also came away from watching this wonderful film with a little more understanding of how the City of New York itself was deeply wounded and forever scared that September day - a city known for it's strength of will and character stripped of it's glory and grandeur in one single, cruel stroke. New York City will never lose it's character. On the contrary, it's events like this that shape it. The grandeur is back and some say the glory was never gone. But like an innocent child that has been raped, it will never be the same.
Please watch this film. It's hard at times, but the next time you talk with someone that was there on that awful day or the next time you see a fire fighter, you'll be glad that you did.
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