http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-2008-paper-covers-rock/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:05:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-2008-paper-covers-rock/#comment-136975 Benjamin Entine Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:01 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-2008-paper-covers-rock/#comment-136975 Just saw the film and was only half-intending to ( synopsis sounded like a warning: Dangerously high levels of estrogen )--until I caught sight of Jeannine Kaspar whose compelling sadness and vulnerability focused this ordinary story-line like a magnet.There was not a wasted frame as she reminded us thru her encounters--but even more so thru the emotions playing across her face--of the struggles survivors must go through, just to make it one more day. The dynamic with her loving/strangling sister ( Sayra Playar ) gave us a peek at how Sam got to that point. But the core of this film is the sense that Sam is so fragile--so buffeted by unforgiving exigencies and her struggle to put life back together--that the threat to overwhelm her feels like we've been looking at elemental life under a microscope's lens or even a faun in a rifle's scope--the next frame--the next encounter may be the one that takes her down. I feel as if I've seen the emergence of a great actress..Jeannine Kaspar--it's a name we should be hearing a great deal in the future. Just saw the film and was only half-intending to ( synopsis sounded like a warning: Dangerously high levels of estrogen )–until I caught sight of Jeannine Kaspar whose compelling sadness and vulnerability focused this ordinary story-line like a magnet.There was not a wasted frame as she reminded us thru her encounters–but even more so thru the emotions playing across her face–of the struggles survivors must go through, just to make it one more day. The dynamic with her loving/strangling sister ( Sayra Playar ) gave us a peek at how Sam got to that point. But the core of this film is the sense that Sam is so fragile–so buffeted by unforgiving exigencies and her struggle to put life back together–that the threat to overwhelm her feels like we’ve been looking at elemental life under a microscope’s lens or even a faun in a rifle’s scope–the next frame–the next encounter may be the one that takes her down. I feel as if I’ve seen the emergence of a great actress..Jeannine Kaspar–it’s a name we should be hearing a great deal in the future.

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