This is the first movie in which I came across a unique craft – seamless flashback.
One can imagine the story like driving on the road for a while and then taking a U-turn. So, while driving one way, the driver will get a view, and after the U-turn, the driver will get the same view, but different perspective. The Point of View changes.
Again, if the driver, while driving up a road, sees an ongoing murder by the side of the road, so, after U-turn, the driver will view that event again from the other side of the road. Well, not exactly the same event but an aftermath, but a murder none-the-less.
The movie blends the story’s forward movement with flashbacks. This method of storytelling becomes clear later in the story when there is a “U-turn” – a time in the movie, a scene, at which a discerning viewer will know that, from now, the story is moving backwards in time and is filling the gaps between certain key past events.
The movie THE EDGE OF HEAVEN features Turkish, German, and some English languages, and it takes place in both countries. There are traces of cultural friction also depicted in the story.
It is a refreshing watch. One expects after story’s “U-turn” that certain key characters should meet. But the story is naughty in not letting it happen. Yet, the ending is peaceful.
neerajshrivastav 