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Is that title supposed to be like a reintrepretation of that saying "if a tree falls in that forest and no one hears it does it make a sound"? the tree being a man and the forest being the world. like if a man dies in the world and no one notices, does that mean the man never really existed? any thoughts?

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thats pretty confusing, all i no about this movie is my cousin is in it lol

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That is exactly the point that Eslinger wanted to make. He said that in a press conference at the Berlin Film Festival. I was present at the film's world premiere yesterday and really disappointed. The movie is trying way too hard to be original that it is just unoriginal. Sharon Stone and Timothy Hutton are great, but apart from that this is just a parody of independent movie making. Just not good at all.

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Do you have a link to the review?

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I was at the berlin premiere too and i was completely speechless by the great, great performances of stone, tim hutton (especially!!), baker and vince. great cast, great existentialist movie, very real in terms of the topic: loneliness that can hit you when living in a village for decades. the boredom and the nothingness that comes with it, is excellently and extensively portrayed, which probably caused the reaction of many to think that the movie itself is boring...there is simply nothing going on in their lives, because it is ruled by their fear exclusively, their fear of experiencing new things, dive into new worlds. that's all. and that is, as i said, depicted in an incredibly intense and unique way. but yes, this movie is certainly not for a mainstream audience, which i think is a good thing too. only thing i can say as to the screening in berlin is, that tim hutton received a long lasting applause right after the scene, when he speaks that long monologue onto his wife's answering machine. second thing, it caused an immense amount of emotion in me, as I could not stop crying for like half an hour after the movie. but yeah it is definitely a film that you either like or dislike completely. i can recommend it to all tim hutton and indiefilm lovers though.
cheers,
katrin.


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Is this intended to be a parody?

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No

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i think its ment to be like that

the film seems to be about depressions and some peoples fear of other people, i.e. the cleaner who couldn't handle other people

so i think you are right in the sense that if somone like that dies, nobody would know, the woman in the flat room next to him said she didn't really know he existed

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my first thought, without seeing the movie, was that saying. Thats what made me wanna watch the movie.

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