ISBN: 1415711003
Review:
Enduring Love is a disturbing film for those of us who are secure in our male bodies, believing we are safe from the horrors of violence mainly inflicted on females by males. The film begins with a man running with other men to try to save a boy in a hot air balloon which is having problems. The men all grab hold of the basket or a trailing rope and try to encourage the boy to jump out. In his fear he just hides in the bottom of the basket and then the balloon starts to rise. Most let go but one man hangs on until he falls to a horrifying death. Two of the men run to where his body is. One of the men feels a strong bond for the other and that is what the story is built on. Rhys Ifans (Jed) plays a man with a strange obsession for the other, played by Daniel Craig (Joe). Craig’s character has a definite case of post traumatic stress disorder, but, a rationalist philosopher, he refuses to believe he could have such a thing. Then Jed turns up and the stress rises and finally Joe realizes that he is the love object of a stalker. The drama rises in this unusual thriller till it reaches its unusual conclusion, or is it unusual? Only for men? It’s all too possible and all too common amongst women. Maybe we men should watch out too.