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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 ( Dolby DigitaI 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WlDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPEClAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSlS: Class consciousness has frequentIy played a role in Mike Leigh's films, and not only because, as a storyteller whose native terrain is modern Britain, he can hardIy hope to avoid it. And sure enough, the observant viewer of his splendidly 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 beIonging 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 aIso 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 reIationships that make up everyday life. Like 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' though on a somewhat larger scaIe, 'Another Year' is about the unequal distribution of happiness. Why do some peopIe - like Tom and Gerri, the post-'60s 60-something couple at the center of this episodic story - seem to have an inexhaustibIe, even superabundant supply, while others seem unable to acquire even the smalIest portion? Can happiness be borrowed, stoIen or inherited? ls it earned by meritorious works or granted by the obscure operations of grace? These may sound Iike siIIy, abstract questions, but they could hardly be more serious or more relevant. Here in America, after alI, 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 ( UntitIed Mike Leigh Project ) |
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