Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Let the Right One In


The long existing question as to how vampires survive has been answered.
Man, what a blastedly good thriller film this was.
This Swedish interpretation of survival of modern day vampires felt as though there was blood in the aisles. No lie. There was no lack of frankly obvious blood and decaying bodies.
The real clincher to this thriller was the 'child' element. For all my life I have envisioned vampires as adults. Well, guess what? They can be children, too.
The logic in this thriller jars the conscious and compels the viewer. The victimization of the pschye by the reality of a child vampire and what that means to parenting became all to imposing.
Magnificent work.
Within this thriller existed the Michael Moore theme of 'justice of the underdog' and that was more amazing than any other aspect of the festival that blended an emotional rollercoaster into its content and interest.
I could not believe this film was conceived and actually existed. It was entertainment unexpected and refreshing at a point in the festival where distraction served to return me to reality 'of the moment.'