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In Reply to: don't tell VK I said this... posted by petew on February 01, 2000 at 09:26:02:

***The other one I loved for the music and the cinematography: "The Mission"
And just which one of several "Mission, The" it is?

1986. 3.5 stars. Dir: Roland Joffe; Cast: Jeremy Irons, Robert De Nero, petew 14:37:25 02/03/00 (0)
Philip Bosco, Aldan Quinn. "Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Robert De Niro plays a slave hunter who is converted and joins Irons in his mission." --from Martin & Porter's "Video Movie Guide".
There is a bizzare scene with the natives singing in the church...one of many excellent scenes that make the movie magic work for me: a visual/audio effect so powerful it has a physical effect on the body, that explains the beauty and horrors of the Europeans arrival in the New World in a way no history book can.
I love an intelligent script, a good story, clever dialog, but that's what a play can do best. Great film gets your eyes wide shut--forcing you to feel the moment.

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