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The Enchanted

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As I just finished an Amazon review for Carter Lord's recent 'Lithium Springs', I feel it's incumbent upon me to critique the 'original' Lord offering, 'The Enchanted'. It is a film which showed up, out of the blue, on CBS's 'Movie of the Week' back in 1986... I've been trying to track it down ever since, sporadically (in recent years) hitting the various search engines to no avail. But now it has arrived on DVD, and those of us who saw it in the dim distant past and were thoroughly Enchanted in the first place, and who have waited with bated breath for it to resurface, are finally reaping our reward. Like 'Lithium Springs', 'The Enchanted' involves the wilds of Florida, specifically a locale called 'Hole in the Wall', a dividing line between what passes for 'normal' life, and that of a world apart peopled by sweet-tempered shape-shifters. These careful creatures mix uneasily with their neighbors as their blended lives evolve, while a few, less gentle outside events create satisfying dramatic tension. 'The Enchanted' is a mesmerizing film ~ visually stunning (shot in 35mm)throughout, with a perfectly melded musical score. It is not an obvious movie; the viewer must focus and collect the clues as life in 'Hole in the Wall' unfolds in all its richness. 'The Enchanted' is a fair allegory in the guise of a fantasy. See it.

The Enchanted is surreal and hauntingly beautiful. Reminiscent of the old Deep South, it some of the most stunning cinematography I have seen, with a curious and unexpected twist in the story line. I highly recommend it.

Vanishing Florida

With a vanishing landscape all around Florida it's great to see some backwoods Florida presented in a thoughtful, meaningful motion picture.

Julius Harris

Actor Julius Harris plays Booker a man who knows the way of the world(s) the here and now and a special portal where extraordinary life comes from another place. Booker plays his character slow, deliberate, back woods like. Enjoyable to see a characterization exuding country, deep woods Florida country.

Love Interest

Will Sennett plays Royce with a love interest Twyla played by Casey Blanton. These two work well portraying ethereal 5th dimension type people comfortable with each other, willing to forgo selfish got-to-know or no relationship sentimentality.

Director Carter Lord

I wanted to see Director Lord on screen but he did not portray a roll in THE ENCHANTED; yet he was seen on every frame speaking with his down home presentational style. See Director Lord in on screen in Lithium Springs.

Art On The Wall

Director Lord presented a very complex story through Twyla's paintings. She painted this complex story in a room in Royce's Florida cracker house previously occupied by Royse's aunt who left a good vibe in the room enabling Twyla to put on the wall her complex feelings.

Florida Has Magical Stories

Carter Lord presents a Magical Florida story with THE ENCHANTED. A soft, delicate look at mystical shape shifting in a down home Florida cracker ranch land.

Bruce Merwin
The Enchanted