The Unforeseen
Last night, I went to see The Unforeseen. (There are some good, informative comments there on IMDB) It's about a local favorite spot, Barton Springs, and how it has changed, for the worse. It's about developers and environmentalists and Austin local color. It's about state politics: Bush vs Richards. It's about endometrial cells.
By the time we got to the cells, I was on my back, watching the stars. But this might have helped my insight. I was watching the stars because we got to see the movie at Barton Springs. The screen was set up at one end of the pool. It was a lovely warm autumn evening.
I think I finally "got it" about Barton Springs. People here in Austin speak of it affectionately and sometimes reverentially. I have to admit, I couldn't quite get the excitement over a sort-of natural pool with scum in it. But the scum wasn't always there, and the Springs are a source of spiritual meaning, is what I understood after watching the film. Just for that insight alone, it was worth it.
It is still a bit vicarious for me, though, I have to admit. I am still a stranger in this town. But of course.
The film is by Laura Dunn and executive produced by Terrence Malick and Robert Redford.
2 comments:
Once I was at Barton Springs after the pool had been closed for a while due to storms and dirty stream water flooding the pool. It was a summer evening and there was a breeze in the pecan trees. I was standing outside of the bathhouse, musing. A man passed me and said, "Heaven on earth." Yes, it was.
sounds like you might have had your first genuine Austin moment.
nice.
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