The movie The Distinguished Citizen is a parody of the question: what is art? The movie opens up with the lead player receiving an award. An award with lots of status attached to it. As the movie takes the player forward into time, the lead actor, owns a mansion filled with books in Barcelona - high in the mountains and overlooking the cityscape below. The Distinguished Citizen, (which I think should be called, The Distinguished Gentleman because the lead actor is very similar in style to Richard Gere, a very suave man of a high class) seems to have a void inside of him, because the film shots seem to suggest a loneliness. In order to attempt at filling this void the lead actor travels to his home town. There one episode of dismay merges into another episode of dismay - however in a round-about way, this is exactly what the lead actor appeared to be wanting and needing in his soulless life - which appeared void of human meaning. Somehow, the lead character emerges from everything in a very positive way and in the end he becomes even more successful than before. I like movies that have a good beginning, middle and clear end, and this was one of those movies. It was a good film experience for me.
Review of The Distinguished Citizen
