Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by petew on February 03, 2000 at 14:37:25:

In Reply to: Don't worry, we are not going to tell him... posted by Victor Khomenko on February 02, 2000 at 15:55:37:

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.