Far from Heaven

Far from Heaven2002

Director: Todd Haynes
Stars: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Michael Gaston
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 108 minutes

This uniquely beautiful film--from one of the smartest and most idiosyncratic of contemporary directors, Todd Haynes (Safe, Velvet Goldmine)--takes the lush 1950s visual style of so-called women's pictures (particularly those of Douglas Sirk, dir… more »



Raymond Deagan:
So, what's your opinion on modern art?

Cathy Whitaker:
It's hard to put into words, really. I just know what I care for and what I don't. Like this... I don't know how to pronounce it... Mira?

Raymond Deagan:
Miró.

Cathy Whitaker:
Miró. I don't know why, but I just adore it. The feeling it gives. I know that sounds terribly vague.

Raymond Deagan:
No. No, actually, it confirms something I've always wondered about modern art. Abstract art.

Cathy Whitaker:
What's that?

Raymond Deagan:
That perhaps it's just picking up where religious art left off, somehow trying to show you divinity. The modern artist just pares it down to the basic elements of shape and color. But when you look at that Miró, you feel it just the same.

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