Force of Destiny

Paul Cox’sForce of Destiny cannot really be faulted for aiming to be anearnest exploration of impending death and pushing a strong pro-organ donation message,whilst also,as Cox said before the film opened the Melbourne International Film Festival last night, strongly arguing for the importance of love in humanity. In the film’s execution, though, this journey through grief and self-evaluation is a scattershot affair, abstract collages distract from the mostly plain cinematography, the gradua...