Sundance: The Proposition
Sunday afternoon, January 22, 2006. From comedy to d-a-r-k…and I don’t know if they get any darker than this…well, yes, I think most of what I saw did. With a screenplay penned by dark-minded Aussie and indie music genius Nick Cave in "a couple of weeks" (to quote Cave), The Proposition out-CormacMcCarthied Cormac McCarthy. This film, starring Guy Pearce, takes Sundance back to its original programming days of westerns and American nationalist films, but places the story in the wilds of the 19th century Australian Outback. A must see for anyone who loves Westerns, the story succeeds — like many of the films I saw at Sundance — in keeping most of the characters grey — most had some redeeming qualities but also very fatal flaws. Don’t see this one if you have a queezy stomach or distaste of extreme violence…and it will also make you think twice next time you say a prayer at the Christmas dinner table…
