Cold Fever Movie - Kevin Covucci

When we first started watching the movie Cold Fever I was absolutely and completely lost to how this very strange movie connected to my ULLC at all. I honestly really didn't understand what was going go in the movie, and felt like there was no way I was going to be able to write that essay due on the paper. However, once we completed the movie on the second day of watching it, it began to make a lot more sense, and I started to build connections in the movie to things we learned in class. One of the most solid connections I noticed was to Lane's third Axiom for his book Landscapes of the Sacred. His third Axiom states that "sacred place can be tread upon but not entered." I feel like Hirata exemplified this Axiom to the absolute tee. When he first arrived in Iceland, he was dragging all of his baggage behind him, both literally and figuratively. However, as he continued through the movie he began to slowly leave his other problems and distractions behind. He no longer felt forced to take part in this ritual, and began to take him time to properly allow himself to complete these tasks. This transformation became obvious to me when he first began his journey with Ziggi. He now had time to sit back and allow himself to be overcome by the spirituality of the beautiful landscape that surrounded him. He no longer was dragging his suitcase behind him like an obvious tourist, rather he was confidently riding a horse through mounds of snow like a seasoned Icelandic native. He took time out of his journey to clear his mind and bath in the beautiful hot springs of Iceland. He no longer looked at his journey as a chore, he now viewed it as it truly was, a journey to pay respects for the lives of two outstanding individuals, his parents. This amazing transformation by Hirata is one we can all learn from, and grow to be be better people out of. All my original doubts about the movie left after I finished writing the required essay on it. I went from not understanding the movie, to learning from it, and truly enjoying it's quirks and purpose. Overall, I think it is a great movie and one that we all can learn a thing or two from.