I finally got a chance to watch “A Single Man“. Tom Ford is an omnipotent perfectionist and thus his directorial debut is an orchestration in pure perfection! Everything from the micro details to the macro perspective find themselves in perfect harmony and cohesion without the slightest pretension. Ford’s smooth crossover from fashion to film makes the Isherwood novel the justice it deserves, through a poetic style of visualization which benefits from a powerful soundtrack. “A Single Man” evokes empathy and sympathy yet never relies on sentimentality. Never before has anyone managed to handle the still controversial theme of homosexuality in such an impartial manner. As hard as it might be to believe and Ford, of all people, comes along and dramatizes and contextualizes it so skillfully that he completely neutralizes and naturalizes it for the general public. In the end “A Single Man” becomes a desexualized sensual story about any man or woman who has ever felt a feeling and thought a thought about life!
