“Now, a bit against the—quite understandably—popular fridayfunk trend, and rather predictable of me—a (ta da! quelle surprise) #moviesoundtrack jam this week.
From Iain Softley’s (remember ‘Hackers’, anyone?) K-Pax, with a fantastically distanced Kevin Spacey and kind of ‘Fearless’-y Jeff Bridges, one of the films that have, in a subtle but definite way, changed my life. The trope of a hero who comes, changes lives of those he encounters and then goes, dies (preferably :)) or disappears in any other way may be a cliché, but a hell of a powerful one, and if executed the right way—the change amongst the on-screen characters gets real and expands far beyond the the film and the dark screening room. Isn’t that what great story-telling’s all about?”