Powder (1995)
We’ve all been there at some point. No matter how hard you try, you don’t fit in. You don’t know why. There’s something that you can’t put your finger on between you and ‘them’. Whether the ‘them’ are your parents, your friends, the people you went to school with, the streets where you live. You feel different, almost like you’re a different species to those around you, and you wish you didn’t. There is nothing you wouldn’t give to fit in like the rest of them. To not feel on edge, to look at people and see something that resembles what you are like in them. To be normal. The kicker is that it feels more acute when you’re young.
On paper, Powder [DVD]
initially appears to be a straightforward coming of age drama. A reclusive young man is pulled out into the world and thrust into the small town spotlight. There are a small few who recognise him for what he is, something special. To the majority he’s the weirdo.
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