What movie character do you identify with most?
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. . .here are my thoughts.
What movie character do you identify with most?
I recently watched Anthony Hopkins’ Oscar winning role as the male lead in The Father. It was a well-deserved accolade! Viewing its trailer just prior to the feature presentation, I was befuddled. It seemed like the simple story of an older fella spiraling into dementia. How did it earn an Oscar nomination for Best Picture? The answer came pretty quick. The film cleverly puts the viewer squarely in the mind of Hopkins’ character: time jumps, character switches, location changes, repeating scenes, etc. As a viewer, experiencing the confusing world his brain creates, you can’t help but identify with the old man. One comes to realize the reward for avoiding a relatively early death from cancer or heart disease is the virtual certainty of mental degradation late in life. The film’s progression reminds me of a vivid dream or nightmare that seems perfectly reasonable while you’re asleep. Once you wake to rehash what you can remember, however, you can’t fathom how your slumbering mind couldn’t recognize the impossibility of the ridiculous events. The unfortunate difference, of course, is that sufferers of dementia are not afforded the luxury of awakening from their progressive nightmare.