This film was getting excellent reviews and I wanted to see it when it came to theaters in 2003, but looking back through my online posts and journals I see that the choice of what to see went to a few other films instead:
Bus 174, an Iranian Films showcase (
Abadan and
Tehran 7:00 A.M.), and
Pieces of April. I don't feel bad about seeing any of those in front of
The Station Agent, they are all quality films and in the case of the two Iranian films they are films that never received distribution. But
The Station Agent is one of those movies I'm sorry I didn't get back to earlier. I stumbled across the DVD at the library the other day, and after my recent screening of
Win Win, which I quite enjoyed, I realized
The Station Agent was an earlier film by the same director, and I remembered all the critical praise.
It's such a lovely film that I'd have no problem placing it alongside
others as a new classic. Like
Lars and the Real Girl, it's a film that brings a sense of satisfaction and even peace at the end, a movie I know I'll be revisiting down the road. And I don't think I'll look at a train, or a dwarf, the same way ever again.
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