"The Ice Storm"

Analytical Essay # 65161

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Film
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"The Ice Storm"

A brief look at this movie, directed by Ang Lee.

730 words () | 0 sources | MLA | 2002 United States

Paper Summary:

Set in the suburban affluence of 1970s New Canaan, Connecticut, "The Ice Storm" details the detached lives of two families and the dysfunctions experienced by both. This paper examines the movie directed by Ang Lee and shows why it is considered a masterpiece of intellectual art.

From the Paper:

"Though The Ice Storm clearly exemplifies the banality of evil, it nevertheless fails in furthering the quest for evil. The lives are the characters exist in the realm of the boring, absent of all the passions, desires, and excitements that make life interesting. Sexual taboos are commonplace; the highest values are devalued, leaving nothingness. Adultery embodies the idea of an everyday evil and how when this evil becomes fully integrated into our routine lives, it eventually destroys us spiritually."