Talk about making the MOST out of a masterpiece, gem, a treasure! The cinematography was superb, the sound design and music amazing, the script so pertinent and concise for the images and faces told a thousand words and more. Everything about the film was excellent. Please pass on to all involved our kudos for a phenomenal film that, to us, was much too short. With the gibberish and garbage so prevalent in films today, that was a masterpiece. Not since The Passion of The Christ have we seen such vivid and symbolic images that are forever branded on the heart and mind, not to mention the soul. We're getting ready to watch it for a third time and each time I know we'll discover something new and poignant. The only disappointment was that the DVD didn't include some backgrounder and interviews with William Zabka, Bobby Garabedian and others on the inspiration for shooting this and how long it took. The casting was truly majestic for the actors seemed so natural and you cared for them right from the get-go. Lada (Ladislav Ondrej) and his father (Vladimir Javorsky) had charisma like few we've seen. You felt with Vladimir every single emotion, including his gut-wrenching pulling the lever that would doom his son. But he did so out of love and to save the MOST (literally). Not only that, but we felt as if we were on the train with MOST of the assembled entourage - not all, for Brad Heller's character was typical of the ugly American who really hasn't a clue of culture or charity and was well-captured in the loser who is, in reality, out of touch with reality. Reality poured through the celluloid tableau painted in such brilliant images from the reflections to the smoke; the starkness of a lost heart after the accident, and the impact of the child's impressions prompt the viewer to even feel for the poor guy in the slippers. The segues were brilliant. And the camera shots...Wow! We were also impressed with how steady the camera was because in films today so many seem to jiggle or blur. In MOST the blurs had purpose, the focus sharpening always on the soul. The shots of the rails, the passing images that always kept the subject steady and in view truly symbolic. In short, this short took the least of His brethren and made the MOST of the lesson of life, where the sacrifice of a son, in the same vein as Abraham's willing offering of Isaac and God the Father's gift of His Son and Mary's obedient fiat to cooperate with the ultimate sacrifice on the cross was subliminally conveyed so beautifully and proving our Lord's words in John 3: 16 and John 10: 10. MOST is a masterpiece that the narrow-minded politically correct Academy really missed. It is deserving of the awards it has accrued and deserving of greater rewards to come from above for this simple message that provides the MOST impact to the heart. Because of marketing, MOST won't be seen by MOST today, and that is the real tragedy presented by this magnificent film, which is a "Bridge" to excellence and the heart
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