Snow Falling on Cedars is an artful, emotional, and thrilling adaptation of David Guterson’s novel of the same name. It is about more than just a simple murder trial. The movie appeals to viewers’ logic, ethics, and emotions and leaves them wondering at every turn of the story. Snow Falling on Cedars first appeals to logic. It’s appeal to logic comes from hard evidence and the lack thereof within the film. One is never completely sure who committed the crime because the facts are not completely given. This makes viewers debate and wonder who committed the crime up until the very end. It also appeals to logic in that it portrays factual events such as battles during World War II in ways that are realistic. This movie plays on ethics the
