i love this film for all it's beauty, madness, romance, harsh gritty-reality, poetry, music, courage, and heart. i'm saddened to hear this film is no longer being distributed because it is a masterpiece which most anyone can enjoy and be enriched from...regardless of age or nationality. the story translates on numerous levels and the characters are acted with supreme respect for their condition....be that condition primarily political or one having to do mental-illness.
the actors sparkle in their depiction of the asylum-population.... we come to understand many of them for their individuality. what we see is how quirks can be gifts and fantasies are what keeps us going sometimes. love is symbolized as a train and war arrives when the train doesn't. war is between enemies but enemies are not always what they seem.
this movie danced across my eyes and now it dances in my consciousness. i'm in search of copies of this to share with my friends and family!!!
the actors sparkle in their depiction of the asylum-population.... we come to understand many of them for their individuality. what we see is how quirks can be gifts and fantasies are what keeps us going sometimes. love is symbolized as a train and war arrives when the train doesn't. war is between enemies but enemies are not always what they seem.
this movie danced across my eyes and now it dances in my consciousness. i'm in search of copies of this to share with my friends and family!!!