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Dad On The Run

 

Picture: C     Sound: C+     Extras: C     Film: C+

 

 

Martin Scorsese’s After Hours (1985) is one of the best-known films about male anxiety (castration and otherwise) as the isolated man goers on the run at night trying to find himself.  Dante Desarthe’s Dad On The Run (2000) is an interesting variant as a young Jewish father (Clément Sibony) goes crazy realizing at the last minute that he needs to bury the foreskin of his son immediately after circumcision.

 

The result is a journey to figure out how to do this right and still stay Kosher with God and the future of his son and family.  The common denominators between the two films are interesting, with high stakes very similar and having a backing family in this case not making any anxiety really any less.  Though the film is good, it is not as good as Scorsese’s film, yet has enough going for it (including some Judaism points I bet I missed) to distinguish itself.  It is worth a look.

 

The letterboxed 1.85 X 1 image is soft and an older transfer for First Run, but is watchable as cinematographer Laurent Machuel captures the comic timing of the actors and directing, as well as the feel of community among the family and friends.  Best of all are the night shots and they look great, showing yet another side of France.  They are some of the relatively clearer shots.  The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo has no surrounds, but is clean enough.  Extras include trailers for other First Run DVDs, director profile and interview with the filmmakers.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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