This centers on unironic notions of coming to grips with guilt.
Merrill berates the distraught boy to stop his 'whining' about Rennie's death. Old-style real men in action, here.
The crashing model plane and car crash must have been impressive on the big screen.
The storytelling itself, despite the flashback sequences, plays it straight -- all the narrators are trusted by us (regardless of the 'truth' or 'untruth' of the dialogue), so there's no game with the viewer about narrative structure. This would become a rough template for future retellings, such as "Fearless".
So all we're left with is individual performance, and at that level, it's best for Wynn's bantering, a virtual one-man show.
Merrill berates the distraught boy to stop his 'whining' about Rennie's death. Old-style real men in action, here.
The crashing model plane and car crash must have been impressive on the big screen.
The storytelling itself, despite the flashback sequences, plays it straight -- all the narrators are trusted by us (regardless of the 'truth' or 'untruth' of the dialogue), so there's no game with the viewer about narrative structure. This would become a rough template for future retellings, such as "Fearless".
So all we're left with is individual performance, and at that level, it's best for Wynn's bantering, a virtual one-man show.