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So, I LOVE MOVIES.  I have to say film is my favorite form of art.  Although it is not a recent movie I've seen, I would really like to comment on the well known 1999 film, American Beauty.  It is written by Allen Ball, and directed by Sam Mendes.  However, I'd really like to focus on the work of the cinematographer, Conrad Hall.  Conrad Hall's camera skill along with Sam Mendes artistic vision for this film really captured the exact aura and feeling that was necessary to fully develop this story line.  Each scene seems to perfectly en-capture the theme of the moment being presented.  Although each individual scene has it's own unique beauty and frame, the whole movie seems to string together perfectly and really grasped unity.  One of my favorite scene's is the opening shot of the neighborhood in which the camera comes in from above and swoops the trees as Kevin Spacey's voice narrates.  I also love the reoccurring leit motif of the roses, juxtaposing Lester's (Kevin Spacey's character) fantasy of a world of excitement that lies ahead of him to his boring cookie cutter life his wife has shaped for him (falling rose petals vs. boques and gardens).  The constant red, white, and blue all perfectly encompasses this world Lester feels trapped in.  Overall, everyone needs to see this movie and really think about the words Lester opens and closes the film with!!!