Dear Wendy will stay in my memory for a long time to come. It strikes a perfect balance between making a specific, political message (critique of American gun laws, gun culture, the western and gangster movie genres) and a more mythic tale about adolescence in western cultures. Best of all, Dear Wendy is not a merely straightforward anti-gun statement, rather it's a mediation on the gun's doggedly sexy reputation in western cultures. Not only are the characters finding their dear guns nearly worthy of marriage (despite their pacifist views) but we the viewers (again, despite any of our own pacifist views) end up seduced as well... teamed with The Zombies soundtrack, perhaps anything could look sexy.
Review of Dear Wendy
