Fearless - Beyond Fear

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Movie
German title Fearless - Beyond Fear
Original title Fearless
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1993
length 117 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Peter Weir
script Rafael Yglesias
production Mark Rosenberg , Paula Weinstein
music Maurice Jarre
camera Allen Daviau
cut William M. Anderson , Armen Minasian , Lee Smith
occupation

Fearless - Beyond Fear ( Fearless ) is an American film drama by Peter Weir in 1993. The screenplay, which is based on his own novel, wrote Rafael Yglesias . Jeff Bridges played the main role .

action

The architect Max Klein flies with a friend from San Francisco to Houston . Due to a fault in the hydraulics , the aircraft has to make an emergency landing on a corn field, which turns into a disaster. Max survived the crash almost unharmed, his friend and numerous other passengers die. Max can help some people, which makes him a guardian angel for them . From then on he sees life with different eyes, overcomes all fears and considers himself invulnerable. An employee of the airline offered him a small salary, a train ticket to San Francisco, but even though he already before the plane crash under fear of flying was suffering, he pulls a plane ticket first class before.

At first, Max is now learning to enjoy life in a completely new way, but at the same time there is also an increasing alienation from his family, which his new perspective cannot understand. In particular, his wife Laura is increasingly losing contact with Max. After an argument, Max eventually leaves his wife and son.

The airline's psychologist thinks Max is traumatized and believes he is suppressing the events. He introduces Max to Carla Rodrigo, who lost her baby in the crash. He hopes that they can help each other cope with the trauma. Carla blames herself for not being able to hold her baby during the disaster. Max befriends Carla and they both start going on trips by car. Max feels that they can both share a level of experience that is alien to other people. He regards them both as "ghosts" who have already died and live among people and thus have a completely different approach to life.

In order to help her deal with the death of her child, they buy Christmas presents for their deceased relatives, but even that is not able to help Carla. Then Max puts her buckled into the back of his car and lets Carla hold a toolbox as tightly as possible in her arms. Have her imagine she's back on the plane holding her son. Max then drives the car head-on against a wall. Although Carla was prepared for the impact, she could not hold the toolbox and then realizes that she had no chance to protect her child in the plane crash either.

Carla separates from her husband, who is primarily interested in getting as much money as possible from the insurance company because of the accident, and starts a new life. She also says goodbye to Max.

The lawyer who represents Max, also tried the highest possible from the insurance damages to erstreiten. Max is completely indifferent to that, above all he doesn't want to lie in order to increase the sum insured.

At the end of the film, Max collapses from an allergic shock : He has a strawberry allergy , which leads to shortness of breath. By believing in his invulnerability, this allergy was suspended for some time, but now the intolerance shows itself again in full extent - a sign of the return of Max to the "normal" mental state before the crash.

His wife Laura managed to save his life with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation . Max gasps in breath and calls out "I'm alive!".

Reviews

James Berardinelli compared the film on ReelViews to a masterful but unfinished painting. One could not like the character of Max Klein, but one could empathize with him. Berardinelli praised the performances of Jeff Bridges and Rosie Perez and the film music, at the same time he criticized the performances of Isabella Rossellini, Tom Hulce and John Turturro.

Roger Ebert praised the "subtle depth" of Jeff Bridges' portrayal in the Chicago Sun-Times of October 15, 1993.

Awards

Rosie Perez was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award in 1994. She won the 1993 Boston Society of Film Critics Award ; 1994 a special award from the Berlin International Film Festival 1994 , the Chicago Film Critics Association Award and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award .

Peter Weir was nominated for the Golden Bear in 1994.

background

The film was shot in California . It grossed approximately $ 7 million in US cinemas .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Critique by James Berardinelli , 1993
  2. ^ Review by Roger Ebert , October 15, 1993