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Do autor vencedor do Pulitzer Cormac McCarthy chega-nos este cáustico drama de dois personagens que mistura humor e compaixão ao examinar a relação entre estranhos postos juntos devido a circunstâncias desesperadas. Passado num apartamento social de Nova Iorque, a história concentra-se em dois homens muito diferentes - um ex-presidiário negro profundamente religioso (Samuel L. Jackson), que frustra a tentativa de suicídio de um professor universitário branco associal (Tommy Lee Jones), que tentou atirar-se para a frente de um comboio de metropolitano, o Sunset Limited. Enquanto um tenta ligar-se a um nível racional, espiritual e emocional, o outro mantém-se firme no seu desespero duramente ganho. Presos num debate filosófico, ambos defendem apaixonadamente os seus credos pessoais e tentam converter o outro. (HBO Portugal)
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It's not a pessimism of life; according to Cormac McCarthy (probably the best living writer in America), that’s just the way the world is. It's seen through the lens of two aging men who have made their way through it, only to meet in the apartment of one of them and engage in a conversation about how it's not easy to remain here. For some, it is perhaps a cheap lament and (cinematic) disappointment but for me, it is the honest confession of a man whose age allows him to become a philosopher in this particular way, and it’s also an experience of a spiritual dimension.
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Disappointing, but high quality nevertheless. Even though he's the best living American writer, that doesn't mean he's also a good playwright. Leave McCarthy to his refined dialog about something, and you have damn good dialog about something, but you don't have anything besides that. You don't have the cake upon which these dialogs would be the icing. And there are too few really strong moments such as Jones' final monolog, for example. Moreover, if you translate it into a form that would be too static even for a radio play (yes, I realize that it is an adaptation of a minimalist theatrical play) and which would benefit here and there from working with silence amid the flood of all those great words, then... Well, see the first sentence of this review.
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Yesterday we were sitting around the table and we came to a point where topics for conversation dried up. Shame I hadn’t seen this movie before that. Sunset Limited is mainly about keeping the conversation going. One big truth emerges here... you can talk if you want. And the struggle between the reality world and faith in God might be a devilishly interesting topic of conversation. Especially if it’s a conversation between two acting aces like Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones, who take their trade to the outer limits. In places it gets hard to hold your attention, but this isn’t because the words being said become any less powerful. It’s just that there are so many thoughts and feelings flying about here that one viewing just isn’t enough. Maybe you’ll need to watch it more than twice.
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