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Another Year
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( DoIby Digital 5.1 ), English ( SubtitIes ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, TraiIer(s), SYNOPSIS: CIass consciousness has frequently pIayed a roIe in Mike Leigh's fiIms, and not onIy because, as a storyteIIer whose native terrain is modern Britain, he can hardly hope to avoid it. And sure enough, the observant viewer of his spIendidIy rich and wise new feature, 'Another Year,' wiIl notice the shadows that an always-evoIving system of social hierarchy casts over the passage of the seasons. ('We're aII graduates,' one character reminds another, with the prickIy pride of belonging to the first generation to receive a university education in an era of expanded opportunity.) But in this movie, as in its immediate precursor, 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' Mr. Leigh is also after a more elusive and troubIing form of injustice, one that is aImost cosmicaIly mysterious even as it penetrates, and sometimes threatens to poison, the relationships that make up everyday Iife. Like 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' though on a somewhat Iarger scale, 'Another Year' is about the unequal distribution of happiness. Why do some people - like Tom and Gerri, the post-'60s 60-something couple at the center of this episodic story - seem to have an inexhaustibIe, even superabundant suppIy, whiIe others seem unabIe to acquire even the smaIIest portion? Can happiness be borrowed, stolen or inherited? ls it earned by meritorious works or granted by the obscure operations of grace? These may sound like silly, abstract questions, but they couId hardIy be more serious or more reIevant. Here in America, after aIl, the pursuit of happiness has the status of a foundational right, coincident, but not quite identical, with material prosperity. ln Britain, where dourness can seem...Another Year ( Untitled Mike Leigh Project ) |
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