What if we found that we could live young for a hundred years without requiring any medical or cosmetic procedures – that is, if an accident or crime doesn’t kill us? Who wouldn’t be excited about such a prospect of life free of physical and cognitive decline? But then comes the catch… and how couldn’t there be any? In David Jackson’s made-for-TV movie The Spring (2000), the reality of our mortal nature is presented via the split screen of imagination with aesthetics making one half and ethics the other.

The story features the journey of freelance writer Dennis Conway (Kyle MacLachlan), a widower, through a fictional small town of America, called Springville, along with his young son Nick (Joseph Cross). While entering the town, Dennis and Nick witness a couple leav...

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