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conclusion). Listening to Bruce Springsteen singing The Wrestler over the credits is powerful. You can't buy Springsteen's single yet (which should be his second Academy Award for Best Song to go along with one for Philadelphia) but here it is on YouTube.
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Check out this review: http://tinyurl.com/8s2df6
Posted by: Daniel King | January 24, 2009 at 03:26 PM
Interesting review. I thought some of that kind of imagery and references in the movie were really interesting. I saw Ram as one who desperately wanted redemption but was hopelessly trapped in his endless search for some kind of meaning that made sense. I felt such a compulsion to help this man, his daughter and his kinda girlfriend.
Posted by: Mike King | January 24, 2009 at 03:46 PM