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In Reply to: As great a film ever has been made: "Vidas Secas." posted by tinear on August 11, 2006 at 06:44:57:
a miraculous film like Vidas Secas... nada.
Forget OBL, we've got a virus called silliness that is far more lethal.
Jesus, guys, see this film and see what greatness is. Yeah, it may disturb you and make you think.
Jessica is such a dog, too...
She looks like Ann Coulter, aged 45.
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But be a man... watching your heart-felt post quietly sink into oblivion is perhaps the trial all stoics should be proud of.Happens all the time...
I haven't seen the VS, and - for the bright side - I do not watch S & S (consider it a vomit-inducing spectacle), but I must say you set your target incredibly high with those two other films... the Forbidden Games being one of my all-time special treats. Incredible...
Given that stellar reference group, I would speculate your reaction is most likely riding on pure enthusiasm, but then, of course, from time to time we make unbelievable discoveries, of which Tony Takatani was one prime recent example, so who knows... however, I sense it might had touched you the way it did due to political/social aspects, as you constantly display hightened sensitivity in some areas. For instance, I thought City of Gods was just average, but didn't you rave about it?
Who's Jessica, BTW?
At ay rate, accept your punishment with a smile... I will probably add it to my already long list.
it in such company and it deserves it.
There is no other film, visually or "musically" really with which to compare it.
The film exposes John Ford for the ridiculously romantic, almost sickeningly so, director he was. Both VS and Grapes of Wrath are about displaced, impoverished families but one attempts (unsuccessfully and hilariously) to make opera.
Likewise, what is it like really to "break" a horse, to herd cattle?
Vidas works on so many levels and it is impossible to forget the characters, of which a dog is a principal one!
Yes, I very much liked City of Gods because I thought it provided a brilliant update on the gangster film and it is an unrelenting portrayal of favela deadend life for millions of Brasilians (and similar folks throughout the world surviving in urban slums).
I try to separate my political beliefs from film appreciation. Though I enjoyed the viewpoint, for instance, of Constant Gardener, I didn't like it because of it but almost in spite of it: I hate being preached to.
..I have a hard time with Ken Loach: "ridiculously romantic, almost sickeningly so" and "I hate being preached to."
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