An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge

10 May 2010

Forgive me readers, for I have sinned. It has been three days since my last post.

I watched “An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge,” a 1962 Cannes Film Festival winner, with Ion. It is a short film (28 minutes) from the Ambrose Bierce story by the same name. I think Bierce spelled it right, though. The movie is black and white, with very little dialogue. I was surprised that 12 year old Ion, child of 3-D, computer animation and special effects was held by the plot. I remembered the story from a reading assignment in high school, but could not remember how it ended. Then, near the end of the film (spoiler alert!) I had a sudden flash of the story’s finale. I felt the same way at the end of the film as I had felt as the story ended when I read it more than a decade ago (OK, more than three decades ago)- betrayed by Bierce. I won’t tell you why- the story is short and available on the internet; you can rent the movie from NetFlix. If you didn’t have to read it in high school that is. This is Radioactive Girl, signing off.

Nighty-night.