Understate, elegant. Reminds me in a way of You Can Count on Me in the sense that it is small, but oh so powerful. It is way beyond politics or even culture. It's about how such a small amount of quiet openings between people can create bridges spanning all gaps and differences. It's an elegant vehicle running an all cylinders: acting, direction, photography, and music, but not music all over the place, rather music placed, in just he right places. It's an unrushed film finding enormous beauty in the small spaces of a place in the middle of nowhere. It's about how little language is really needed by patient people ready to communicate the most important things. It's about persistence, tenderness, loss, loneliness. It's about people reaching out for no reason other than to bridge a distance. It's about the best parts of being a human being.
Review of The Band's Visit
