It has been a long time since I have actually seen the Shawshank Redemption. I can't really come up with any fabulous commentary on the film's style without watchinig it again, so I will briefly state that this movie is #2 because of the story and the characters. I love the fact that the two friends, Andy and Red, wind up on a beach together in the end. I also appreciate that scene in which Andy crawls through the sewer to escape the prison. A visual metaphor for his journey through the film. This fact is even recognized by Red, when he comments on how Andy crawled through the - insert bad work here - and came out clean on the other side. You have to love it when a movie even comments on its own metaphors, or in film geek terms, when a film is self-reflexive.
at September 18, 2005 11:00 PM