A Colorless Color
If you are to choose a color to represent your life right now, what would it be? Yellow, red, blue, black? These colors give meaning to everything that we see. It justifies our feelings and thoughts. And above all of that, it defines how we see life, and what’s ahead of it. The warmth and vividness that colors bring to our life make us who we are, and in just a snap, these can all fade and leads us to the darkness that can break us.
Today my dear readers, we focus on a film made in Utah. A courageous and timely story created by a young and promising local talent from Logan, Utah, named Marlon Gonzalez. He offers a bold and relevant feature that mirrors through the reality of unconditional love, selflessness, and forgiveness despite a mountain of shadows hovering over the rainbows, in his creation titled “A Colorless Color”
Some movies round and round in circles before giving you its juicy plot, oh but not this one! Yes folks, it was indeed upfront in its first few minutes which was a bit of a shocker to me, and I like it. It stirred up an inkling interest that I am up for something nail-biting and intense. The story involves a couple named Viggo and Bella, about to get married, until groom-to-be Viggo played by Ben Brown, discovered something about himself that will forever change the color of his life. On the other hand, his bride-to-be Bella (Stacy Wilk) has to make a crucial decision that will determine not only her future but Viggo’s too. This affliction attests to their relationship to the extremes of trust, love, acceptance, and forgiveness. How far can they go with their life together with less than its colors? That I have to keep hanging, for you to find out when this film hits the theaters or a film festival near you.
Aside from its profoundly significant plot, I’d like to commend how well thought out the casting is. I appreciate that the actors’ energy was suited well with the characters they played, particularly for Stacy Wilk and Ben Brown, who played the lead part. The difficulty of putting one’s self in a situation that is unimaginable, and be able to exert deep emotions that people can relate to is seriously impressive. The emotional investment they instill to Bella and Viggo will undoubtedly reward them.
Before we wrap up this review, I’d like to emphasize how I admire the way Marlon Gonzalez thinks and creates. As he steps into the generation of young filmmakers in the industry, he has shown his depth in this film. He doesn’t only exhaust his talent in directing and writing to deliver a story for approval, but he is using this platform to open our eyes to the reality of this kind of situation. On how broad the matter is, and how it is socially, mentally, and emotionally impacting. He and this film voiced out that there are countless homes, families, couples, and sadly alone souls suffering from this kind of condition with the utmost fear of scrutiny, stigma, hate, and rejection, living with a colorless color life. That when it seems that you have reached the end and colors start to fade, there is always love and support from families and friends that can prevail beyond the trial and will paint colors to everything and brighten up life once more. Indeed, a worthy drama to watch. Keep it up!
