Why am I thinking of Atticus and his children this end of summer? Empathy was the reason, the capacity of standing in other's shoes. People still tend to experience difficulties to deal with the different.
To Kill a Mockinbird is a beautiful film, a poem in motion. The theme, the characters, the scenes, the human values lost in time... How many mockinbirds are killed today, every day? Why don't we see more Atticus in leadership roles? Instead, we see anger, prejudice, arrogance. Think about it.
Baby the rain must fall is a Robert Mulligan. Steve McQueen and Lee Remick, the couple who could be happy if only... Why is this young man so restless? Why can't he settle down? He loves his family, no question about it. The answer may be in the old lady in that big house. She never really loved him, never believed in his qualities. She never approved whatever he did even if he tried, and he tried. This is the "double bind", how people are imprisoned and manipulated: whatever they do they are always wrong. Somehow this "double bind" made him a rebel instead of a conformist. Rebellion is better than conformism because it's in the right way to maturity and responsability. That's why it's so sad to see how close this family was of a good life... if only...
