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Keira Knightley in Atonement

Joe Wright gave us Keira Knightley in Pride and Prejudice and in 2007 Joe Wright gives us Keira Knightley in Atonement.  When a director finds a muse and makes movies like these, this is a very good thing.

Atonement is one of those movies that shows why film is art and Atonement is up there in visual beauty, tone, story, acting, feeling, history and more.

Beauty in the woman form is ever present in the fountain scenes with Knightley as the model.  McAvoy walking in a field of red flowers (see note on red poppies below)—how lucky to find a field like this to use in the film!  There’s Briony as the adult nurse walking down a hall while the lights turn on behind her.  Every shot in this movie, including the tragedies of war, and the beach scenes of soldiers, are so well done.  When you see a beautiful shot, how it’s framed and so on, you appreciate the director’s vision.

There is a scene of Briony and a fellow nurse talking about how Briony has “mystery.”  This movie has this “lighting of a need for atonement” about it, supported by the fact the storyline isn’t linear.  The only linear thing is Briony’s haircut!

You find yourself appreciating movies again and again when you see art like this.  

[Note on the red poppies in the film:  "The museum entrance hall features a glass bridge across 9,000 red poppies, each representing 1,000 military fatalities." - http://www.visitkc.com/visitor_info/whats_new/index.cfm?page=liberty_memorial.htm.  From information on Liberty Memorial in Kansas City.

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Atonement

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