![]() ![]() Stateless people are often restricted from enjoying the freedoms and privileges other communities enjoy every day. It’s estimated that 15 million people worldwide are living without a nationality. The 1954 UN Convention relating to the status of stateless persons defines a stateless person as a person who is not recognized as a national by any nation state. Stateless people have become one of those communities. While there are situations in which powerlessness may be experienced at the individual level, the inequalities of our world have also turned powerlessness into a collective circumstance, encountered by entire communities. We’ve all been in touch with this feeling at one point or another. It paralyzes our desire to act, leaving us defeated by a sense of not being able to influence the course of our own life. My least favorite thing: In some scenes the costumes for the extras looked like it was supposed to be 1972 not present day.Powerlessness is inherently threatening. Here is the song and a really, really good way to do a trailer!įavorite thing: Don't be shocked by this - Ashley Judd. "I Wish You Love" - and that pretty much sums it all up for me. There was one song that played when they first met, so to speak, that gave me goosebumps - It is sung by Chrissie Hynde. And for the two characters, played by Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd, the force between them, even though they hardly shared many moments together, evoked that law of physics stunningly. They say: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. In acting reaction is the essence of the medium but can be written totally out of whack of real life. Behavior is thought to be a reaction of or to something. Lastly, to me, Eye of the Beholder said something about real life - not so much what the characters said but they way they behaved. How does one portray such sadness, desperation to find something secure or recapture what they lost especially when there isn't a tremendous amount of dialogue? Well, both of the actors did - and did it quite well.Īnother reason to see this film is that it is untainted with a typical Hollywood ending. But I have to entice you guys, right? Ewan looks cute, of course, and Ashley Judd is quite attractive but what impressed me the most were their performances. I really don't want to give anything away about this movie because it was lovely to see a film that I knew nothing about. Or is it something else completely? And can it have a happy ending? Well, I am not going to answer that - you'll just have to see for yourself. When people see themselves in someone else who has experienced similar tragedies/heartaches/loss it can be a very powerful attraction. But as the story unfolds I don't think either are really crazy - just lonely and trying to gain some stability in their lives. Okay, one might be more insane than the other. I saw a man and a woman who are both so alone, scared and with thoughts of such tremendous loss that they might be a little insane. Yes, I know what it says above but this is what I saw in this film (Eye of the Beholder, people). This is a story about redemption, a thriller, and a love story but not necessarily in that order. So today before I had to pick up the kids from camp I popped it in. I didn't get a chance to see it that night - although I really, really wanted to. Alright, I see everything he is in, you all know that by now, right? Anyway, I put it on my Netflix queue a few weeks ago and it arrived on Tuesday. I hadn't heard of it before and was curious to see it. ![]() Question: Can a man fall in love with a woman that he's never met, spoken to or doesn't even know her real name? Well, in the Eye of the Beholder, they try and answer that question.Ī friend who knows I adore Ewan McGregor told me about this movie. Rating: R (Sexuality|Language|Brief Drug Content|Strong Violence)ĭirected by Stephen Elliott, Destination Films, 1999, Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin, k.d. As Joanna wanders the United States, Steve follows and destroys evidence of her multiple killings. Haunted by the breakup of his marriage and by his absent daughter, Lucy (Ann-Marie Brown), Steve notices Joanna's resemblance to his child and decides to protect her. British spy Steve Wilson (Ewan McGregor), known as "The Eye" to his employers, is trailing Paul Hugo (Steven McCarthy) for an assignment when he witnesses Paul being murdered by his girlfriend, Joanna Eris (Ashley Judd). ![]()
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