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Why do we briefly glimpse a cave full of foxes? I discovered the reason in Wikipedia, because director Bruce Macdonald, who previously helmed the faith-based surfing drama “The Perfect Wave,” never lets on. I’ll first note that the film is just plain bad, with an amateur cast (led by Taylor James), cut-rate special effects, who-cares storylines, and confusing details shoehorned in from the Bible. Christian studio Pure Flix’s “Samson,” which opens the same day as Marvel’s “Black Panther,” recasts its titular muscle man as a superhero awaiting his “with great power comes great responsibility” moment. Clearly not everyone agrees with my interpretation. The Book of Judges, in which Samson appears, could be read as “Game of Thrones” for ancient Jews.Įven during my Sunday school years, Samson struck me as a horny dolt, a cautionary tale of what can happen if you disobey God (or, I guess, trust women).
Gouged eyes, mutilated animals, and satisfaction in mass murder distinguish the story of Samson, even in the section of the Bible where readers are encouraged to delight in the deaths of the Israelites’ enemies. His biography - full of sex, lies, and disastrous haircuts - is a grisly one. Meaning may be a devalued currency in the lives of these kids, but it briefly glitters like gold.If you take the Old Testament literally, strongman Samson has a body count of at least 4040 men (and one lion) to his name. But in coming full circle and returning to the barren beauty of Alice Springs, Thornton deftly invests the routines and traditions of the local community with an almost mythological significance. Wreathed in profound silence, we hear nothing but learn everything about these two young people.Īfter a cavalcade of misfortune – much of which is genuinely difficult to watch, and impossible to reconcile yourself to – the film’s ending may strike some as insincere. Thornton’s command of space, location and mood is exemplary, recalling the Taiwanese master Tsai-ming Liang in the way this love story plays out in the interstitial spaces of the city. He creates a sense of hypnotic enervation that perfectly captures the exhausted despondency of two teenagers whose lives are dwindling into non-existence.
A former cinematographer, Thornton injects a gruff lyricism into the film, capturing the supple spectrum of light and heat that spits and sizzles in the frying pan of the Australian Outback. Though the character arc recalls Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream, Samson and Delilah isn’t all gritty realism. Dialogue is kept to the barest minimum, and though neither actor could be described as particularly expressive, their gradual withdrawal into themselves and away from each other is beautifully conducted. Representing the shattered dreams and broken promises of an entire generation, their physical and emotional suffering evokes an enormous pathos. But when Delilah’s grandmother dies, the two seize their chance to escape to the city, only for matters to take several turns for the worse.īoth McNamara and Gibson are non-professionals chosen for their intimate understanding of the drama. Where Delilah finds solace in caring for her grandmother, a traditional artist ruthlessly exploited by white opportunists, Samson buries himself in petrol fumes and his quiet, distant love. Samson (Rowan McNamara) and Delilah (Marissa Gibson) are two lost souls barely existing in an isolated community in central Australia. Warwick Thornton captures the spectrum of light and heat that spits and sizzles in the frying pan of the Australian Outback.įilming in the sparse ochre surroundings of Alice Springs, Warwick Thornton guides us through the gradual disintegration of two local teenagers as they slip through the cracks of contemporary Australia in this dust-choked anti-ode to the aboriginal experience.
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