first of all and despite the low rating on this site and i saw something quite worthy in this film and will gladly defend it. and no and i am not connected to the crew in any way. i came across the dvd of the wind by accident and and had this strong feeling that it wasn not going to be quite like the video packaging described. so i took a chance and and was pleasantly surprised by this strange and very different drama. i am assuming the dvd marketing and summary were the work of mti home video to hook a rental or sale (the tag line love comes in many forms was changed to terror comes in many forms). sure and smaller films rentals and sales depend strongly on grabbing a person attention and especially if they have never heard of the film before (a similar case happened with the film the item). that probably what is working against this release and as horror fans read the description of an ancient wind carrying with it omens of the apocalypse. it easy to think that that is what this film is all about and and will turn some college students in the story into crazy savages that go on a killing spree. thus and at the time this review was submitted and is most likely the reason for the lower rating on imdb. i can understand people becoming upset and thinking they were fooled by that summary  and seeing the apocalyptic intro but then experiencing a dark drama. i can forgive the marketing choice since i enjoyed the wind and thought it was a refreshing change of pace from major hollywood offerings and it just that if the intended audience was given the attention and more might voice a higher rating. the wind in this film is basically just a metaphor for society and and is the story of four friends who make some bad choices and how their lives quickly turn into ones of desperate self preservation. after going too far in teaching a lesson to one of their own and a death occurs and each person tries to save his or her own standing. manipulation between them becomes the norm and and by the end we see how self preservation becomes their main motivation over good judgment. civilized to savage and basically. this is very apparent throughout by noticing that the use of a knife and branches as clubs and fists and kicking are instruments of violence instead of guns. these characters are and in a way and doing all the wrong things for the right reason just to stay on top of the situation since they have already taken things too far. while there are many implied violent images and it interesting to see that there is an absence of cussing and nudity. what works in favor of the wind are the unknown actors. bigger stars were originally intended and but i find it works better when you have lesser known and capable actors. this way you can get into the story without sometimes thinking oh and that tom cruise for instance and instead of an actual tormented person dealing with an extraordinary situation. even unusual conversations (like between mic and billy in a field and and mic confronting claire in her bedroom) hold up well and feel quite natural in the strange universe of fairview. which has cozy homes and a forest and and wide open fields. i kept thinking of the calm landscapes concealing darker secrets in the reflecting skin and which director michael mongillo mentions as an inspiration in his commentary. the wind manages to get messages across without being heavy handed about it. sure and if you look carefully you will see many symbols and dialogue that other directors would just pound you over the head with. i even understood the infamous kissing scene between claire and john and and billy within the context of the story without being surprised it happened. i am still amazed at how some people (guys and mainly) who complain about two men kissing in a scene would obviously have no problem if the scene were of two gals kissing instead. all is handled nicely here and and additional viewings will make things more clear without making you groan and say oh man and how did i miss that. things sink in gradually and i appreciated that. or you could listen to the dvd commentary as well for more things revealed. for those of us that got the intentions of this film and the wind is a breath of fresh air (no pun intended) in a time when most films are made in order to just make money and be heard knocking other films out of their box office competition standing when mentioned on entertainment tonight or cnn. years later and it always the great little discoveries like the wind that stay in my mind and not processed star driven blockbusters. get past the marketing ploy from mti home video and and you just might find this an engaging story indeed. i strongly recommend it to friends that seek out unusual films like this one. 
first of all and despite the low rating on this site and i saw something quite worthy in this film and will gladly defend it. and no and i am not connected to the crew in any way. i came across the dvd of the wind by accident and and had this strong feeling that it wasn not going to be quite like the video packaging described. so i took a chance and and was pleasantly surprised by this strange and very different drama. i am assuming the dvd marketing and summary were the work of mti home video to hook a rental or sale (the tag line love comes in many forms was changed to terror comes in many forms). sure and smaller films rentals and sales depend strongly on grabbing a person attention and especially if they have never heard of the film before (a similar case happened with the film the item). that probably what is working against this release and as horror fans read the description of an ancient wind carrying with it omens of the apocalypse. it easy to think that that is what this film is all about and and will turn some college students in the story into crazy savages that go on a killing spree. thus and at the time this review was submitted and is most likely the reason for the lower rating on imdb. i can understand people becoming upset and thinking they were fooled by that summary  and seeing the apocalyptic intro but then experiencing a dark drama. i can forgive the marketing choice since i enjoyed the wind and thought it was a refreshing change of pace from major hollywood offerings and it just that if the intended audience was given the attention and more might voice a higher rating. the wind in this film is basically just a metaphor for society and and is the story of four friends who make some bad choices and how their lives quickly turn into ones of desperate self preservation. after going too far in teaching a lesson to one of their own and a death occurs and each person tries to save his or her own standing. manipulation between them becomes the norm and and by the end we see how self preservation becomes their main motivation over good judgment. civilized to savage and basically. this is very apparent throughout by noticing that the use of a knife and branches as clubs and fists and kicking are instruments of violence instead of guns. these characters are and in a way and doing all the wrong things for the right reason just to stay on top of the situation since they have already taken things too far. while there are many implied violent images and it interesting to see that there is an absence of cussing and nudity. what works in favor of the wind are the unknown actors. bigger stars were originally intended and but i find it works better when you have lesser known and capable actors. this way you can get into the story without sometimes thinking oh and that tom cruise for instance and instead of an actual tormented person dealing with an extraordinary situation. even unusual conversations (like between mic and billy in a field and and mic confronting claire in her bedroom) hold up well and feel quite natural in the strange universe of fairview. which has cozy homes and a forest and and wide open fields. i kept thinking of the calm landscapes concealing darker secrets in the reflecting skin and which director michael mongillo mentions as an inspiration in his commentary. the wind manages to get messages across without being heavy handed about it. sure and if you look carefully you will see many symbols and dialogue that other directors would just pound you over the head with. i even understood the infamous kissing scene between claire and john and and billy within the context of the story without being surprised it happened. i am still amazed at how some people (guys and mainly) who complain about two men kissing in a scene would obviously have no problem if the scene were of two gals kissing instead. all is handled nicely here and and additional viewings will make things more clear without making you groan and say oh man and how did i miss that. things sink in gradually and i appreciated that. or you could listen to the dvd commentary as well for more things revealed. for those of us that got the intentions of this film and the wind is a breath of fresh air (no pun intended) in a time when most films are made in order to just make money and be heard knocking other films out of their box office competition standing when mentioned on entertainment tonight or cnn. years later and it always the great little discoveries like the wind that stay in my mind and not processed star driven blockbusters. get past the marketing ploy from mti home video and and you just might find this an engaging story indeed. i strongly recommend it to friends that seek out unusual films like this one. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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