Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Stay

Watching Momento in all its confusing glory made me think about one of my favorite movies called Stay starring Ryan Gosling and Ewan McGregor.  It's an awesome movie.  Though the perception of time is not as predominant as the perception of reality and the psyche, the movie still pertained to the subject matter so I thought it would be worth posting about it here.

In short, the movie is about a psychiatrist (Ewan McGregor) that is trying to prevent one of his patients (Ryan Gosling) from committing suicide while trying to maintain his grip on reality.  If you want to know more about Stay you can read this.  Don't read too far into the summary though because there will be major spoilers.

I highly suggest you watch this movie if you enjoyed Momento.  There is a lot more symbolism in Stay, making the movie slightly harder to understand, but after watching it a couple of times you will really appreciate the genius of this movie.


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