THE FOUNTAIN [2007] review

This life has been like a dream, never more so than right now, so choosing to watch THE FOUNTAIN tonight was as perfect a movie choice as one is likely to make in this lifetime. For someone who has to fight not to only live in memories of the past, THE FOUNTAIN is like what our wishes would bring us.

I’m listening to the music over the end credits again as I write this, as the music throughout the film kept me in a dream state. The swirling colors, the organic look of most shots, THE FOUNTAIN is a tactile visual experience for the subtle, for the dreamers, for those that reach to touch someone, one, last time.

The movie repeats many phrases: “death is the path to awe,” finish it,” among others. “Finish it.” It’s all a dreamer wants. THE FOUNTAIN finishes it for us, for a time.

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