Finding the right sort of film for amusement is really a tough task. At times where we are spoilt for choices in the era of Netflix, finding an exceptional film that exhibits the perfect storyline and performance is pretty daunting. However, we have one suggestion for you below for your weekend watch list.
“The film is Vadim Perelman's transformation of Laura Kasischke's tale about a lady haunted by the decision she made as a panicked youngster. The film is beautifully shot and hauntingly acted by excellent actors like Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood, and showcases the effects of teen angst gone too far,” says Anna Moore, who performed opposite Uma Thurman in the film.
Anna Moore has been distinguished as an award-winning stage, film, and television actress, who graduated with Honors from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in New York City. She has studied Shakespeare and Stagecraft at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, UK. Moore has lived and performed in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, London, and Amsterdam, making her mark as an artist internationally. This feature film, The Life Before Her Eyes, served as Anna’s first big break when she appeared opposite Uma Thurman. Later, Moore's breakthrough role as "Alice" in the feature film Fighting Fish earned her critical acclaim and several awards, including "Best Actress in a Feature Film" at the Domani Vision Film Festival (New York City) and "Best Picture" at the La Femme Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA). To date, Anna Moore has performed in feature films opposite numerous Hollywood A-Listers, including Uma Thurman, Ellen Barkin, Dylan Baker, and Mike Colter.
Anna Moore explains that The Life Before Her Eyes is about an art-history professor named Diana (played by Thurman) who was caught in a Columbine-style massacre as a teenager. Seventeen-year-old high school senior Diana (played by Wood), a wild youngster, and her church congregation best buddy, Maureen (Eva Amurri), are caught in a restroom by a gun-toting schoolmate, who levels his weapon at the young ladies and forces them to decide who he will shoot first.
The film flips to and fro between the lazy, cloudy summer days before the shooting, and the current day, as Diana becomes progressively apprehensive and disrupted while mulling over a forthcoming memorial ceremony. Married to Paul (Brett Cullen), an older, experienced professor she met shortly before the shooting, and the mother of angel-faced Emma (Gabrielle Brennan), Diana reminisces the memories of her former sweetheart, small-time drug dealer Marcus (Oscar Isaac), her own single mom (Molly Price), who consistently appeared to be furious and harried, and the steady, polite Maureen, the anchor to whom Diana tied her inexorably unpredictable life. Presently Diana feels like she's become her baffled, frustrated mother: Emma has taken to playing startling hide-and-seek games, she feels distant from Paul and abnormally detached from her own truly amazing life, a presence her eager, oppressed more youthful self would never have envisioned would be hers.
The Life Before Her Eyes draws the audience in from the first scene. Anna Moore is one of the film's fine performances - she is just as remarkable as Wood and Thurman. The film is home to exceptional artists who have managed to sweep their audience off the feet. A must-see feature to add to your watch list this quarantine season.