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Matters of Life and Death is a film about three siblings who lost their parents on 9/11. It is also Joseph Mazzello's directorial debut. Joseph Mazzello's most notable roles as one of the leading young actors of the day are Tim in the 1993 film Jurassic Park and Dexter in the 1995 cult classic, The Cure.
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On September 11, 2001, David Jennings lost his parents.
David, an ordinary kid, tries his best to hold his brother and sister together, but he does so without any help. Jon refuses to go to school, watching TV all day on the couch. Emily runs off with her worthless boyfriend, stealing the insurance checks to pay for her new drug habit. David is left alone, trying desperately to deal with his own pain and mend the shattered remains of his family. Through it all, David does the only thing he knows how to do – just keep going. From the DirectorSpoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
This film is not about 9/11 any more than From Here to Eternity is about Pearl Harbor. As a native New Yorker, I've seen a lot of coverage of that tragic event – the global ramifications, the economic consequences, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq. But rarely, if ever, do I see stories about how that day affected the lives of those who experienced the greatest loss. Wives, husbands, parents, friends, children – they were all taken from their families. Somewhere along the way we missed the reality of what happened that day and how it affected the individual, not the country. I want to tell that story – the story of someone who lost not only innocence and pride, but someone they loved. Trivia
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