Thursday, August 24, 2006

Movie Review - The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man (1973)
directed by Robin Hardy
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from the vaults

"The Wicker Man" reminds me of one particular production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Sunken Garden Amphitheatre in San Antonio, years ago, when after dark felt late to me. Strange masks of animals' faces, the same early evening light. The way the seaplane floats above those islands at the edge of the world - drifting, drifting - feels just like a childhood memory.