American Beauty. One the most amazing films of my generation. Does it live in the now or has it faded away behind that amazing red door?
If you didn't know American Beauty is a feature film about...well a few things actually. Many people watch this film and find something that inspires them and some watch this film and think purely of the simple story that it shows of a man Lester Burnam and his last year of his life. To me this is a story about beauty and finding a way to enjoy it to its fullest. I see the story of Lester and I see someone who tries to get it back. What he has lost well I think he has lost touch with the world, with his family and with the simple things in life.
I find that once I take the journey of this film I feel uplifted motivated and just "great".
So watching this years and years later do i still feel great? Well yes, this film slowly takes you in to a world that no one like to see. A world of imprisonment, a joyless world and then at it apex flips it upside down and we as an audience see the slow reconstruction and resolution to a person who finally grasps a sense of happiness which he finds in an unexpected place.
I think American Beauty will become a classic in time and I am sure to watch it again and again over the many years to come.
I suggest people to get a glass of wine and enjoy this film from the very moment it starts to final serenade after its resolution.
Look Closer everyone.
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