tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post9181389904574459936..comments2024-03-27T13:48:55.850-04:00Comments on HOLLER NOTES: GOODBYE, SOLO: A NORTH CAROLINA FILMGary Cardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17487971272055031915noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-17099871667980216862009-09-25T11:20:47.176-04:002009-09-25T11:20:47.176-04:00Thank you, Maxwell. I agree. I loved the movie&#...Thank you, Maxwell. I agree. I loved the movie's atmosphere. I spent 7 miserable weeks there once (the fact that I was miserable was not Winston-Salem's fault) and I could almost smell the tobacco down on R. J. Reynolds street. I was especially moved by Solo's family, and I loved the fact that he took his daughter with him on the trip to Blowing Rock so he wouldn't have to come home alone.Gary Cardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487971272055031915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-57017047538890006902009-09-25T09:54:56.778-04:002009-09-25T09:54:56.778-04:00This is an excellent "little" movie, cur...This is an excellent "little" movie, curious though in its setting, one doesn't think of Winson-Salem as a place of recent immigrants but there they are and Solo from Senegal is the perfect new American with an optimism for life and a compassion for others that is impressive and endearing as we watch him try to break through to William. I think June, above, is on target about the difficulty in the total acceptance of others. Or stated another way, knowing when to let go. I think that's the point of this successfully believable film. We need to keep our eyes on these actors and the director.mac grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807877390382252386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-57254389032100434672009-09-21T15:54:21.988-04:002009-09-21T15:54:21.988-04:00Thank you, June. I noted that some of the critics...Thank you, June. I noted that some of the critics made it into a kind of allegory of two cultures.<br />William (Red West) is the old, failing, southern culture and Solo is the new culture struggling to<br />establish itself. I guess that is okay, but I thought it worked for me as two guys that just couldn't communicate.Gary Cardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487971272055031915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-81415663725286457112009-09-21T15:22:10.156-04:002009-09-21T15:22:10.156-04:00Newt and I really liked this film. Somber in tone ...Newt and I really liked this film. Somber in tone and dark in the filming, the story is a joyful one of sorts--how hard it is to accept another wholly and what a gift it is when one is accepted as one is. Highly recommended. It played at the Fine Arts in June, and we saw it there. June SmithJune Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-7421566491872774672009-09-17T17:52:50.925-04:002009-09-17T17:52:50.925-04:00Right! Gary, thanks for the reminder, was impress...Right! Gary, thanks for the reminder, was impressed when I read a review earlier but didn't realize it was already out on DVD. I just put it at the top of my Queue at NetFlix and will get back to you.mac grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807877390382252386noreply@blogger.com