The End of Times

+Supporting my local library, I took out two DVDs the other day, which they very kindly let me borrow for nothing due to a hiccup on the payment system. Both films were pretty depressing. The first, ‘The Survivalist’ was a post global holocaust tale of living in the woods (in Northern Ireland of all places) where human life, despite the rich woodland scenery was a matter of savagery—all portrayed in graphic detail. There was a hint of redemption at the end, but only a hint. No details were provided as to what caused the holocaust and like 'The Road' there is no happy future beckoning just around the corner, only more misery. I suspect we’ll see more films of this nature. Some of them will be factual—e.g. from the Californian conflagration. Perhaps. The second film was more explicit about the theme of redemption, and also had an apocalyptic, environmental sentiment to it. I say ‘sentiment’ since our concern for the environment at the present time does seem rather sentimental. This film, ‘First Reformed’ features a priest wrestling with his conscience and has clear Bergman overtones, the priest searching for God in a Godless world. In the end however love conquers all (even when it entails a bereaved widow tightly hugging the priest’s body by then woundingly wrapped in barbed wire). For me, choosing DVDs often comes down to seeing how many stars they’ve amassed, and both of these films were laden with critical acclaim. But during this stressful time, I am wondering whether I should just stick with Cary Grant. Having said which, I do hope that Polanski does an environmental apocalypse movie before he pops his clogs. Let’s have an environmental disaster movie with a bit of wit about it.
 
+By the way, I’ve run out of Lagavulin, could somebody start a crowdfunder please?