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SOME KIND OF HEAVEN a is a documentary that intrigued me because it was made in partnership with the New York Times and executive produced by Darren Aronofsky, a director whose work has been nominated at the Academy Awards and whose movies like Black Swan and The Fountain explore the edges of consciousness. The combination of these divergent collaborators is augmented by writer/director (and Florida native) Lance Oppenheim for his first full-length documentary.
The subject is a retirement community in Florida called The Villages. If you visit the preceding link you will get an idea of what is presented as an idyllic place to live out your golden years with zero worries, activities with plenty of people in your age groups, with all the amenities of a safe comfortable existence.
As the film opens, Lance Oppenheim shows us a blend of people and activities that, on the surface at least, appear quite fun: dancing, sports, games, friends. At some point the film focuses on a few residents and one would-be resident that illustrate that aging people are complex and have needs that go beyond the amusement park like community.
For example, married couple Anne and Reggie Kincer, who are celebrating 47 years of marriage, must confront the unhappiness Anne feels that her husband Reggie is enticed by an overwhelming desire to consume drugs and eventually gets arrested for drug possession.
Through the parties and activities the director reveals that reality is still bigger than whatever fantasy The Villages promises. Each person the director focuses on is complex, wishes are not met, aspirations still exist that playing don't gratify.
The movie is melancholy as it ends with the protagonists wistful faces and sad eyes blend back into the community as waves disappear in the ocean.
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