There’s this sort of brooding, poetic melancholy what permeates throughout Rising Sun which is very evocative of Malicks ‘Days of Heaven’ and whilst it follows Joe and Kate (played by Barry Ward and Anna Bederke respectively), Rising Sun is more about the cast of characters around them. Their lives splayed out on screen, letting our protagonists have a peek; a dip of the toe in the life what has been lived and what has perished over the last 80 or so years in this community.
There’s room for some semblance of catharsis and longing, themes of life, death and loneliness but it is never melodramatic. It’s always with a touch of the shoulder or a kiss on the cheek of “how it should be”. Quite a lovely film, with a lovely but sad sentiment.
There’s this sort of brooding, poetic melancholy what permeates throughout Rising Sun which is very evocative of Malicks ‘Days of Heaven’ and whilst it follows Joe and Kate (played by Barry Ward and Anna Bederke respectively), Rising Sun is more about the cast of characters around them. Their lives splayed out on screen, letting our protagonists have a peek; a dip of the toe in the life what has been lived and what has perished over the last 80 or so years in this community.
There’s room for some semblance of catharsis and longing, themes of life, death and loneliness but it is never melodramatic. It’s always with a touch of the shoulder or a kiss on the cheek of “how it should be”. Quite a lovely film, with a lovely but sad sentiment.
