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National news and films are usually about someplace else. So imagine the shudder of recognition when I immediately recognized the aerial photo as Barton Springs Pool, a mere half mile from my home. Being more than passing familiar with our struggles to preserve what is best about Austin as the city seems to inexorably grow despite our best efforts, I look forward to seeing this film. Malick is one of the modern greats of film, so I expect nothing less than a deeply moving and thoughtful view of what has happened and is happening here.
Many of us here in Austin desire to preserve our home and its natural areas, but we have been thwarted by a conservative legislature that seems to take delight in undermining our local control. It's a metaphor for the hypocrisy of modern conservatism. Get the government off our backs except when the people choose something that stands in the way of business.
I hope the film comes to our local theater, the Alamo Drafthouse, soon.
