In my law and film class this year we watched four movies: High Noon, Kubrick’s early Paths of Glory, Kurosawa’s Rashomon, and Atom Egoyan’s The Sweet Hereafter, a Canadian movie from 1997. A schoolbus crashes through the ice and many schoolchildren drown, leading to a liability suit in a small town. To my surprise, this latter film was by far the class favorite of the four. Many class members considered the other movies stilted or at times even ridiculous. Everyone found The Sweet Hereafter intriguing. It is a sad and moving film, and thus it is not appropriate for every evening. But if you have any interest in law and cinema at all, see it.
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