I highly recommend the movie The Sensation of Sight, which is now out in DVD. This sensitive, thoughtful, independent film about loss and need for connection is unique, redemptive, and enlightening. David Strathairn, who plays the lead character, is a moving, meaningful actor. He is deeply connected to the story. See the trailer, blog, and notes- http://www.thesensationofsight.com/.
This past year, David Strathairn was here with Claire Danes, Julia Ormond, and Catherine O'Hara in Austin and Central Texas for filming of the HBO movieTemple Grandin. Film students, alumni, and professors from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor were cast for multiple scenes with Claire Danes and David Strathairn in this film. We observed David as a role model on and off the set. He was an impeccable actor. He connected to the other actors on set and knew the names of Central Texas, UMHB film personnel, who were involved in the project with him. The UMHB film students, who performed as a core group of students in Temple Grandin's high school days with David, still talk about him as a role model and especially how he connected to them.
David displays that same sense of connection in the movie The Sensation of Sight, both in the film and in the behind-the-scenes footage. This movie is deeply captivating in its focus on issues of human meaning and connection in a small town. The characters and town in this film are every town and everyman/woman.
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