The Hours (2002)
The Hours is a film that is all about isolation. It is a film that succeeds in its portrayal of feminine depression. This Oscar-nominated masterpiece follows three different women in three different times, but yet one emotion binds them to each other.
The film follows: A suicidal Virginia Wolf as she struggles to write ‘Mrs. Dalloway’, Laura Brown, a pregnant L.A. housewife, as she reads ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ in 1949 while planning her husband’s birthday party, and Clarissa Vaughn, a modern-day book editor, as she plans a farewell party for a former lover strikes with AIDS.
The one thing about this movie that really shines is its score. A driving soundtrack composed by Philip Glass allows you to feel the weight of depression, and how it constricts your soul and pins you to the ground. The music flows through you, allowing this film to reach new heights. The Hours drives home the theme that, although you may feel all alone, you are never really alone.
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