Jeff Lubeck

Sitting in the Grand Canyon of the Pacific

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The Waimea Canyon is grand on any scale and by any measure. Located on the western side of the Island of Kauai in the State of Hawaii the Waimea Canyon is 20 miles in length and over 3,500 feet deep.

Ending where the Waimea River empties into the Pacific Ocean, The Canyon descends from 4,000 elevation at its start covering seven different climate zones on the route.

The Waimea Canyon is called by many The Grand Canyon of the Pacific with good reason. The Waimea shares many characteristics with The Grand Canyon on the mainland of the United States. The designation is often to world-renown author Mark Twain (Samuel Clements) made during his trip to Hawaii. However, Clements never visited Kauai let alone Waimea Canyon. No Matter… The Waimea Canyon is grand.

In Need of Help? – The Father

Is assistance needed, and if so – when? Do I need it, and or do you need it? Who gets to decide?

The film The Father asks and – ultimately – answers all of those questions for everyone involved. The Father possesses a brilliant cast led by Academy Award Winners Anthony Hopkins and Oliva Coleman. It was written/directed by Florian Zeller based on his award winning play of the same name.

One of the intriguing aspects of The Father is its efficiency and effectiveness in presenting a dilemma often associated with goings on of every day life, and placing you inside the person(s) experiencing it.

The over-arching storyline is one almost all of us experience as the giver and receiver of care.

Having Promise and Keeping One

The motion picture Promising Young Woman is an engrossing film that reveals – at times brilliantly – all is not what seems to be.

Written and Directed by Emerald Fennell (The Crown, Killing Eve) Promising Young Woman is quirky and clever at presenting human and societal convention, flaw, weakness, obliviousness and revenge. Promising Young Woman is not a film that telegraphs its direction. In fact, it is a film that plays to a viewers’ likely weakness (some might argue laziness) to pre-judge where the narrative is headed. To pre-judge A Promising Young Woman will prove you a fool.

Carey Mulligan (The Dig, An Education, Shame) is a young woman with promise. She also has a promise – to herself – for which to keep. As Cassandra, Mulligan almost perfectly demonstrates boredom – bordering on contempt – for those desiring her to realize the promise she possesses. With equal cunning, and acumen Mulligan executes her plan to penalize persons who seize upon the opportunity take advantage of the weak, and hide behind privilege and social standing to avoid accountability.

Promising Young Woman is a winding road of a movie and worth all its 114 minutes of travel.

Sitting in the Grand Canyon of the Pacific

In Need of Help? – The Father

Having Promise and Keeping One

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