Discuss The Ice Storm (1997)

There is a sense of gathering tragedy, symbolized in one scene where a child balances on an icy diving board over an empty pool. When disaster does strike, it releases helpless tears for one of the characters; we reflect on how very many things he has to cry about. Despite its mordant undertones, the film is often satirical and frequently very funny, and quietly observant in its performances, as when the Weaver character takes all she can of Kline’s musings about his dislike of golf, and finally tells her lover: “You’re boring me. I have a husband. I don’t feel the need for another.”
-Roger Ebert, 1997.

Our first meeting will be one of my favorite films, Ang Lee's movie about a couple of families in new Canaan, CT in the 1970s.
Please watch the film and listen to this podcast to prepare:
https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-rewatchables/2022/03/01/the-ice-storm-with-bill-simmons-chris-ryan-and-sean-fennessey

I am pretty serious about film analysis, but the group is fun and will help us decompress after workdays.