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Release Date: 21 December, 1999 Retail Price: $14.97 OUR Price: $10.99 You SAVE: $3.98! Cast: Complete Cast (12 total) |
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One of the great films of all time
This is one of the great films of all time -- and I'm talkin' Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, GWTW, Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, 2001, yada yada yada.
I'm happy to say that I saw this film when it first came out at an artsy-fartsy theatre in Tucson, which means I first saw it on the Big Screen in a Small Theatre.
It was great then, and it's even better now.
This film has so many dimensions, and can be viewed from so many angles, that it's worthy of an entire semester of "Film Study 101" in its own right. I couldn't even begin to describe the way it looks at things from a familial, ethnic, racial, social, political, historical, personal perspective, not to mention the wonderful mystery that it depicts, which, alas, being a mystery, can be sustained only for the first vieweing. But, once you get past the mystery, you can watch the film for all of its other wonderful qualities, not least of which are the cinematic techniques that Sayles employs (invented?), such as his panning flashbacks, which sustain the movie's plot. Sayles is a Master, at the top of his game. And I haven't even mentioned the excellent cast and their performances.
I've viewed this film many times since I saw it the first time in Tucson. (It's like listening to Beethoven's Ninth, or looking at Rembrandt's Night Watch. Can you ever get enough?)
Believe me, I'm a movie lover, with very high standards, and this movie exceeds all of them. I can't believe that any human being with a pulse in his or her veins would not give this Great Work of Art five stars -- no, ten stars.
This is a great film, and I'm convinced that it will eventually be considered one of the best ever made.
Infinite!
Lone star? Better make it FIVE stars for this cinematic masterpiece, a thoughtful sequel to "Taboo: Parts I-XII."
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