I know the movie has been out for some time now and everyone who’s anyone has had their say on the matter, however sometimes it takes me a while to get around to seeing a film – for no reason other than c’est la vie. Today I finally tore the cellophane wrapper off my copy of A Single Man, slid the DVD into the disk drive of my MacBook before leaning back in my chair and surrendering my emotions to Tom Ford’s first motion picture. I didn’t bother renting it, my instincts (and my boss) told me I’d be in love with this film and they were right. It is such a sensitive piece, I found myself tight-chested throughout its entirety, not only due to the subject matter, but also because of the way it is depicted. The young cinematographer Eduard Grau paints intense emotional portraits of love, loss, desire, happiness, regret and pain in such a way I felt as though my emotions were no longer mine to master. Never in my life have I seen a film where each character tugged so violently at a thread in my heart. Naturally, this is a very personal perspective, but I was completely aghast, when the movie came to an end, at just how much it affected me. I felt so many aspects of my own life mirrored by the agony and loneliness portrayed in A Single Man and I smile when I consider the raw beauty of it all.
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