Admittedly this film was most perplexing, perhaps unsettling at my first few viewings of it and I did not begin to truly enjoy it until I just let it be itself. It has since won a permanent place of endearment in my top ten. Many of the strongly favorable reviews herein resonate with my own experience so no need to rehash these (praxis22 fairly nails it). Even those critical seem ambivalent, haunted? A few have rightly made note of the brilliant, deeply evocative score by Mark Isham. Marianne Faithful's contributions are emblematic; in particular her gentle presentation of the Isham/Kristofferson collaboration El Gavilan – which, in the estimation of some, beautifully embodies the ultimate theme of this film: an elegy of regret inhered of loss, infused with hope. This work was re-released in a special edition DVD by Shout! Factory in its original 1:85 and is of excellent quality; it also includes a remarkably candid and affectionate retrospective featuring the surviving principal cast, crew and production staff. Sadly, the soundtrack has become nearly unobtainable – it also deserves to be rediscovered and recognized.
Review of Trouble in Mind
