Stay

06.10.10
Stay
(2005)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling

"Do you know the Tristan Rêveur quote about bad art? It's "bad art is more tragically beautiful than good art 'cause it documents human failure." - Henry Letham

Twisted and gnarled like a tangled barbed-wire fence, Stay pricks at the emotions while the viewer is trying to unfurl the complicated web of events that make up the stories of Sam Foster and Henry Letham. Henry Letham (ryan gosling) is the unlikely psychology patient of Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) who shows up and threatens that he will kill himself within three days of their impromptu pshych evaluation. The rest is the intertwining of strange events that begin to piece together as the story leads on. Stay never leaves the viewer with a concrete answer, but allows the story to live on in the imaginations of the viewers- a powerful narrative expression that leaves a lasting impression.


Sam Foster: What's this?
Henry Letham: I burned myself.
Sam Foster: You burned yourself? Why?
Henry Letham: Practicing for hell.