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There are some movies that become part of the family tradition over the years. When my parents were alive, one of those movies was Raising Arizona,<\/em> a Coen Brothers movie with Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter that is one of the funniest movies <\/a>I\u2019ve ever seen.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We watched it periodically just to remind ourselves how crazy life can be.<\/p>\n

In our immediate family, one of those movies is Powder,<\/em> released in 1995, and starring Mary Steenburgen<\/a>, Sean Patrick Flanery<\/a> and Lance Henriksen<\/a>. The plot is pretty simple. From IMDB: \u201cA young, bald, albino boy with unique powers shakes up the rural community he lives in.\u201d But that pithy summary tells you absolutely nothing about the human complexities in the story, the raw emotion you feel throughout the film, and the visionary qualities that are universal to the human condition, particular now.<\/p>\n

We watched it again tonight, and were astonished that Powder never garnished any movie awards. Sean Patrick Flannery, who plays Powder,\u00a0 is simply amazing in this movie. He subsequently played VP Greg Stilson in the TV show The Dead Zone<\/em>, was the <\/em>young Indiana Jones, and is scheduled for a whole bunch of films in 2011 and 2012. While we were watching, Megan paused the movie to tell us about the writer\/director, Victor Salva, <\/a>who was convicted of child molestation. When the film was released,\u00a0 the boy he molested boycotted the film, which undoubtedly contributed to its \u201cless than stellar box office.\u201d (IMDB)<\/p>\n

Yet, when we watched this film, we were struck by the evolved message. In one particularly moving scene, Powder is with a young woman at a park \u00a0(Melissa Lahlitah Crider\u00a0<\/a> and asks to hold her hand. This woman was in his science class the day Jeff Goldblum (the teacher) did an electricity experiment\u00a0 and the electrical current shot out of the contraption Goldblum used to illustrate his scientific point \u2013 and into Powder, eventually levitating him.<\/p>\n

In the park, he\u2019s trying to describe to the woman how most people, within themselves, feel isolated and alone and separate from everything and everyone, but that\u2019s not really how it is. Everything and everyone is connected, he says, and then touches his fingers to hers. \u00a0And suddenly, she gets it. She understands. He is showing her Indra\u2019s Net. They are completely tuned into each other and to everyone and everything that is connected to them.<\/p>\n

In another moving scene, Lance Henricksen<\/a>, who plays the sheriff, suddenly realizes what Powder is and asks him to come to his home, where his wife is dying. The doctors don\u2019t understand why his wife is still alive and Powder becomes a conduit that enables Henricksen to communicate with his wife.\u00a0 He learns his wife can\u2019t pass on until she is certain that Henricksen and his estranged son reconcile. At this point in the film, Megan bursts out, \u201cMy God, Powder is pure energy, that\u2019s what this movie is about.\u201d<\/p>\n

And by the end of the movie, it\u2019s obvious that she\u2019s right. As Goldblum puts it at one point, You\u2019re what \u00a0humanity might be in a thousand years.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>If you haven\u2019t seen this movie, by all means treat yourself to it. There\u2019s profundity here, and even though it was made 16 years ago, the message may be even more pertinent today.<\/p>\n

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An interesting synchro. While Megan paused the movie to comment about Powder as pure energy, out white cat, Powder, jumped onto the couch for some human loving and Rob exclaimed, \u201cSynchro. Let\u2019s write it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here’s the trailer:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/YJexgdk6tw4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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