I attended this screening and asked a question at the six-minute mark. What a beautiful, powerful, and extraordinary film. There is a delicacy and soft, dreamlike magical movement that flows forward like the effortless narrative of the greatest films, yet it is raw, honest, and sugarcoats nothing. This is a powerful and moving journey, film, and experience that perfectly demonstrates that redemption is possible. There’s a saying: “No one does anything just once.” That’s why so many people repeat the mistakes of their lives over a lifetime, and others come to expect it. But with moments of clarity and a bottom reached, there can be a “psychic change” that rebuilds and redirects a human being toward a more beautiful, grand, and noble trajectory than ever seemed possible before. That’s the journey Michael Pitt nobly brought to this film. Everyone must see Day of the Fight. It reminded me more than once of Raging Bull and the kind of “beauty of the everyday” found in the urban landscapes and exurbs of our great cities, where small lives, like seeds, grow into something beautiful and extraordinary. This is a film I hope everyone-young and old, those who have lived with regrets, and those with the courage to rebuild their lives-sees. I also hope it receives many Academy Award nominations, as they are richly and deeply earned here.
I attended this screening and asked a question at the six-minute mark. What a beautiful, powerful, and extraordinary film. There is a delicacy and soft, dreamlike magical movement that flows forward like the effortless narrative of the greatest films, yet it is raw, honest, and sugarcoats nothing. This is a powerful and moving journey, film, and experience that perfectly demonstrates that redemption is possible.
There’s a saying: “No one does anything just once.” That’s why so many people repeat the mistakes of their lives over a lifetime, and others come to expect it. But with moments of clarity and a bottom reached, there can be a “psychic change” that rebuilds and redirects a human being toward a more beautiful, grand, and noble trajectory than ever seemed possible before. That’s the journey Michael Pitt nobly brought to this film.
Everyone must see Day of the Fight. It reminded me more than once of Raging Bull and the kind of “beauty of the everyday” found in the urban landscapes and exurbs of our great cities, where small lives, like seeds, grow into something beautiful and extraordinary. This is a film I hope everyone-young and old, those who have lived with regrets, and those with the courage to rebuild their lives-sees. I also hope it receives many Academy Award nominations, as they are richly and deeply earned here.