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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

10/10

5 October 2009

I've seen every film by Michael Moore and have enjoyed them all to a certain extent. "Roger and Me" had been my favorite until "Sicko" came out. Now, I have a new favorite - "Capitalism: A Love Story." Though Moore's film is not thoroughly anti-capitalist in the film (he states that the '50s were "good times" - even though most people of color in the US wouldn't have agreed), the over-riding message is clear: Capitalism needs to be replaced with something better. He suggests, "democracy." I believe that would be an excellent start.

The reason this film is my new favorite is that even though it is very sad and infuriating to learn the results of rampant capitalism in our nation, he also includes victories (however small) in fighting back. The workers at Republic Windows in Chicago fought Bank of America and won. A family in Florida fought being evicted and won; and a US Representative from Ohio said on the floor of the House that not leaving your home is the best way to fight being evicted. I thought it was amazing for her to give this advice! She said that with all the shenanigans involved in the mortgage crisis, no one really knows where the mortgage is held and therefore you should stay put rather than being forced out.

I saw this with my slightly apolitical girlfriend and we give it two thumbs up - way up! She said the only let-down was that the audience didn't say, "let's go start a revolution" when it ended.

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The Pink Jungle (1968)

5/10

Rather Boring and Hollow

15 January 2004

I didn't know anything about the film before seeing it. I just saw it on the shelf at my local library and the cover made me think it might be a fun flick, a la "Romancing the Stone." Well, it wasn't.

There is plenty of potential for fun, adventure and intrigue (as the cover promises) with Garner, Kennedy and Renzi - who's quite easy on the eyes. But the story (which the plot summary does a fine - albeit no frills - job of covering) and acting is so lackluster, it never gets off the ground. Poorly timed jokes delivered with about as much enthusiasm as someone reading a dictionary; action that is very stilted and uninspired; and intrigue? - it was tacked on to the last 30 seconds of the film.

Besides the fact that less than a few minutes of this takes place in what anyone could consider a "jungle" (after viewing the movie, I found out the title actually refers to a color of lipstick, but the picture on the cover makes it look like it might take place in a jungle setting). The bulk of the movie actually takes place in the desert. In theory, there's nothing wrong with that - but that's not what I was expecting from the title and the cover.

Rather disappointing, overall.

My rating: 5

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)

9/10

Quite Inspiring

25 July 2003

Before I saw this film, I'd only followed the situation in Venezuela on a cursory level. I knew Hugo Chavez was better than the presidents that preceded him in Venezuela, but I had also bought some of the right-wing propaganda against him. After seeing The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, I've become a "true believer" in Chavez and Bolivarian Revolution.

The myths the film dispelled for me were:

-Chavez is a brutal leader

-Chavez doesn't allow dissent

-Chavez is a megalomaniac who may be insane

To the contrary, President Chavez seems to be a quite ordinary, working class, non-white man, but an extraordinary leader. His first comments captured on film after he is returned to the Presidential Palace after the coup were something like, "I knew that we, the people, would win." It wasn't about him. It was about what the will of the majority wanted. It was about what the constitution demanded.

His first broadcast to the people of Venezuela after the coup was directed toward calm and reconciliation. This was amazing for me to see. If he was as brutal as US media portrayed him, he would have incited his followers to go after those who supported the coup. Instead he said to those who dissented, "go ahead and disagree with me." No squashing of dissent there.

The film has a number of candid moments with Chavez. One of the most striking was his recalling his grandfather, who was deemed a "killer" by his grandmother. As Chavez studied who his grandfather was, he found out he was not killer - he was a revolutionary. And that is what Chavez has striven to be.

A terrific documentary that once again shows you can't trust the corporate media.

My rating: 9

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The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)

9/10

Kissinger on Trial (well, he should be!)

16 December 2002

The news of Henry Kissinger being selected to head the commission to investigate the Sept. 11 attacks makes seeing the new documentary, `The Trials of Henry Kissinger,' required viewing.

Based on a book by Christopher Hitchins, the film shows many former Kissinger supporters - including Nixon speech-writer, William Safire - calling the former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State secretive, a liar and even a war criminal.

Kissinger's Cold War schemes of bombing Cambodia, the genocidal invasion of East Timor by Indonesia and the coup and related atrocities in Chile are all well researched in this 80 minute film.

One of the many documentary interviewees is René Schneider Jr. His father, Gen. René Schneider, was head of the Chilean military when Allende was first elected. The general was killed during an attempt to kidnap him, as he was staunchly committed to the constitution, and would not bow to a coup against Allende. Evidence points to Kissinger directing that botched kidnapping.

Near the end of the film, Schneider is asked if he planned to press charges against Kissinger for his role. His response was, `we are considering it.' The date when charges finally were first reported in the //New York Times// was Sept. 11, 2001. The $3 million civil suit against Kissinger quickly faded into the background in the wake of the terrorist attacks.

With Kissinger to chair the Sept. 11 probe, things appear to have come full circle now.

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Lorca and the Outlaws (1984)

2/10

It makes "Battlefield Earth" look good!

25 November 2002

The opening scene - where youthful protesters are seemingly trying to influence the "thinking" (more accurately, the programming) of military androids - set's the mood for this entire film: nothing makes any sense!

Roger Christian hasn't had a lot of hits in his career. Well, actually, he's not had ANY. Be that as it may, this one could be his worst movie ever. The week before I saw "Starship." I watched "Battlefield Earth." It was dreadful, of course. But it had at least two things "Starship" didn't: a plot that made *some* sense and action that didn't put you to sleep.

However, "Starship" DID have unintentional humor every so often, which saves it from being a complete and utter waste of time. For instance, why were the androids programmed to feel pain (reminds me of a parody from "The Simpsons")? Why was this movie called "Starship" when it is primarily terrestrially-based? Why was it necessary to have this movie based on some distant planet? (I didn't see anything different about Ordessa compared to an Earth of the future.) Who were the miners? (All we saw were teenagers playing video games, protesting and blowing up things.) The intrepid bounty hunter (who doesn't seem very menacing) is named "Danny"? Oh, I could go on and on...

Anyway, if you can stay awake through it, you might get a chuckle or two out of it. However, if you are looking for an interesting, exciting, well-made movie - take a pass on "Starship"!

My rating: 2

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Portrait of a White Marriage (1988 TV Movie)

4/10

Starts off funny, but becomes a bore

1 August 2002

Maybe I expected too much? I thought that direction by Harry Shearer, writing by Martin Mull and acting by those two plus Fred Willard would add up to something pretty good. I was wrong.

The premise is ok, and the beginning of the movie is pretty strong and well paced. Eventually, it collapses under its own weight.

The story, in a nutshell, is a daytime talk show is moved from a large city to the small town where Fred Willard and Mary Kay Place's characters live. At the same time, the town-folk try to take advantage of having a "celebrity" in their midst. That's the backdrop. The major plot points are the falling out of the marriage between Willard and Place's characters. Willard gets "help" from the clergyman's therapist wife; Place finds solace in the arms of Mull. Smalltown rumors abound.

Not something I'd recommend, unless you'll sit through anything with Mull, Willard or Place in it.

My rating: 4

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The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999 TV Movie)

6/10

I want to believe...

15 April 2002

This film depicts what I suspect Ayn Rand was really like in her personal life: bitter, angry, lacking in self-confidence and intensely concerned what people thought of her. This, of course, totally goes against what her philosophy and novels purport: objectivism.

But, since that philosophy is so anti-people, it is easy to understand why not even the person who formulated this outlandish theory -- nor her most ardent follower, Nathanial -- would be able to live up to it.

Near the end, Nathanial's wife, Barbara, contradicts Ayn by saying something like, "compassion: it's what humans do" to Ms. Rand. This, for me, neatly sums up what Ayn Rand's life was about: the antithesis of compassion.

Though the film itself is nothing spectacular in its acting, script, effects or direction, the message it puts forward is important. The message is that if a philosophy so much goes against what people feel to be correct (as objectivism does), it is quite probably unworkable and undesirable. To me, that was the most important theme in "The Passion of Ayn Rand."

My rating: 6

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The Fire This Time (1994)

8/10

A Good History of African-American Struggle in LA

12 March 2002

The rioting after the Rodney King decision in 1992 is the centerpiece for this documentary, but the detailed history that the film-makers have researched is what makes this film very interesting and informative.

This film is the first I've seen that probes the roots of the riots from the '60s, the formation of the Black Panther Party (and its subsequent infiltration by the FBI) to the violence of the Bloods and Crips.

Interviewing several people from all walks of life is the core of this documentary. Plus, it gives quite intriguing (and believable) analysis of why we can't all "just get along" -- because the powers-that-be don't want working people to unite.

A very worthwhile flick.

My rating: 8

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Touki Bouki (1973)

5/10

Confusing

26 November 2001

I wanted to see this movie because I read about it on a list of political films that were praised in a local free newspaper (The Washington Free Press).

The movie, filmed in the west African country of Senegal, does contrast the great divide between the haves and the have-nots; graphically so.

However, the film style seems to be along the lines of the French new wave artist Jean-Luc Godard. I've read Godard is a "genius" when it comes to film -- but I think it depends on your perspective. I've enjoyed his films "Week End" and "Masculine-Feminine" but when it came to "Pierrot le fou," I just had to shrug. That's kind of how I felt about "Touki Bouki."

If you are interested in seeing a very in-your-face story about two young lovers trying to find the money to leave Senegal for France, this is the film. Though be forewarned, it doesn't always make much sense!

My rating: 5

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The Seventh Cross (1944)

10/10

"You can't kill ALL the ants"

28 July 2001

This is a wonderful film.

At first, it seemed very much a propaganda film against the Germans, for all descriptions of Germany and its people were negative in the first part. Then, it slowly softens at the same rate as Spencer Tracy's character, George Heisler, regains his humanity.

Though it is never said outright, Tracy plays a Communist Party member (the closest they came to saying it was "anti-Nazi"), and that is why he was in a Nazi concentration camp in the first place. The roles played Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy (Paul & Liesel Roeder) were that of ordinary, hard-working Germans who didn't really care much for politics. When Heisler asks Cronyn if he likes the current government, Cronyn talks about how his wages are higher than ever before -- ignorant to the oppression happening all around him. In tougher times, Heisler had given Roeder a (Communist) pamphlet, and he recalls, "I didn't need a pamphlet -- I needed a JOB!"

Many acts of heroism help to keep Heisler alive in his struggle to escape Germany. Each of the characters have grown in their humanity. For example, the Roeders do not blame Heisler for the Gestapo calling on them and interrogating Paul (they now know the blame lies with the Nazis).

When Heisler mentions he has a debt to repay, Signe Hasso (Toni) asks, "you mean you owe money?" Heisler says, no. "Oh," Toni says, "you mean to get back at the Nazis who did this to you?" Heisler remarks, "just the opposite, my debt is to those who helped me."

The quote for the summary of this review comes from an anonymous (to Heisler) benefactor who brings Heisler his passport and instructions. He tells a story about ants in his deli working all day to move the contents of a sugar bowl to their ant hill. His metaphor means you can kill the revolutionary, but you cannot kill the revolution.

My rating: 10

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Home of the Brave (1949)

8/10

A Great Film That Exposes Racism in the Military

11 February 2001

I'd never heard of this film when it came on AMC the other day (in celebration of Black History Month). What a pleasant surprise it was! The story was quite interesting--and realistically handled. Unfortunately, we don't have to go all the way back to WWII to see the racism of people like "TJ" around us. The new millennium hasn't shown us the end of racism.

I watched this while visiting my mother, and at the end, seeing it was made in 1949, I commented, "I'll bet the writer was black-listed soon after making this." Sure enough, Carl Foreman fled to England after the House UnAmerican Committee (HUAC) witch trials. He wasn't a Communist at that point, but since he had the gall to write honestly about racism, he was a target. That pretty much sums up what the HUAC was after--keeping the races divided with the rouse of fighting communism.

Anyway, see this movie if you haven't already.

My rating: 8

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Night of the Comet (1984)

7/10

End of the World Fantasy with Some Laughs

14 December 2000

I originally saw this movie in the theater, and I LOVED it! I had often fantasized about the end of the world where only myself a few others had survived.

Well, I'm 16 years older now, and not quite as misanthropic, but I still got a kick out of watching this again the other night. Sure, the soundtrack was atrocious, and some of the acting was sub-par, but the sheer aplomb that "Samantha" has carries the film, I thought.

Plus, it was fun to see Robert Beltran (ST: Voyager's second in command), so much younger!

Quite a few laughs, and a pretty good plot twist or two to keep you guessing makes this an easy movie to enjoy.

My rating: 7

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The Legend of a Sigh (1991)

7/10

"Feminist" Film From Iran

31 May 2000

This film deals with the myth of a character "Ah" (or "Sigh" in English) who is summoned whenever someone "sighs from the bottom of the heart." He comes to alleviate the distress by granting one thing--the ability to change places with someone else.

The main character thus chooses a person who she thinks has a better--or at least an easier--life than she does. Each time, it turns out the person whom she thought had it easy, had unforeseen difficulties in her own life. You see the character start as a wealthy widow, then as her housekeeper with six children, than as the housekeeper's rural sister, then as a university student, then as a writer. Each has their own particular problems that make them unknowingly summon "Ah" with a heavy sigh.

The description on the film's box says that this is a "feminist" story--and in today's Iran it is likely to be so. However, it is quite a different variety of feminism than is known to most westerners.

The most striking this I took away from seeing the film is how odd it seems to have men dressed in clothing you'd see men in most countries wearing (shirts and slacks), and hijab (Islamic modest dress--head and full body covering) for women. It's like watching people from two different time periods. Weird.

My rating: 7

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Cernobílá v barve (1999)

7/10

A Few Weeks in the Life of A Gypsy Singer

27 May 2000

The opening shot in this documentary is of Vera--in her full glory (with a waist that is 143 cm!). It's an odd shot to begin a film with. She's not attractive, and she's so HUGE! But she is singing with all of her heart. The songs are from her own life, and they are rather touching.

Throughout the film, we follow Vera and her band in their trials and tribulations trying to make it as a Gypsy band in the Czech Republic. She has troubles with her adopted son--who recently went to jail. She has troubles with money--since she gets a lot of press people assume she gets paid a lot for interviews (she doesn't). She has troubles with keeping her band together--one of her musicians leaves just before her big show in Paris.

I have to admit, I didn't like Vera at first. She seemed like a fat, lazy, irresponsible woman who smokes too much. But after a while, she grows on you. By the end of the film I felt hope for her future. So, the film eventually worked in portraying Vera as a sympathetic character, in my opinion.

See it if you like Gypsy music, are interested in Czech/Slovakia contrasts or just like human stories.

My rating: 7

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In That Land... (1998)

9/10

A Simple Film

9 May 2000

The movie basically is the life in a small village in Siberia. The inhabitants are all trying to cope with life in post-Soviet Russia. There are great lessons to be learned from this movie. Compassion, trust, hope and the real meaning of strength.

It's been over a year since I saw the film so much of the specifics have been lost to me. All I know is that it made me feel good inside when I left the theater.

My rating: 9

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Salt of the Earth (1954)

10/10

Way Ahead of its Time

9 May 2000

This film is a real eye-opener for many reasons. Such as...

*The majority of the actors in the film aren't actors--it's their first time in front of a camera, yet they all do a wonderful job!

*The film was made on a shoe-string budget with a Blacklisted director, producer, actors and writers.

*The film not only addresses the real worker's struggle against a Zinc mine owner, it also deals with racism against Mexican-Americans and sexism. All of this in 1954!

"Salt of the Earth" is top-notch. Both on a political as well as technical level.

My rating: 10

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Touch of Evil (1958)

9/10

A Great Film--And Prophetic, Too!

6 May 2000

I got this film due to it being on the Top 250 here at IMDb; and it is very worthy of its ranking here.

I won't repeat the praise given in most of the other reviews here. I just wanted to point out some favorite things I saw in the film.

1. The line Heston's character has about police work only being easy in a police state. Interesting that someone from Mexico would say that about the US, no? (Perhaps it's true!)

2. The border between Mexico and the US is described as "1400 miles without so much as one machine gun," a reference to the Berlin Wall, no doubt. What a difference 40 years makes! Now our border with Mexico is of the most fortified in the world.

3. The ironic and prophetic lines Heston's character says about his gun. When he gets to the US motel his wife was taken to and she is missing, he's upset, but what REALLY gets to him is that his GUN IS MISSING! Same thing near the end of the movie, he gets his gun back first before his wife is returned to him from jail! With scenes like these, who else could be a better poster-boy for the NRA?

My rating: 9

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Polish Wedding (1998)

7/10

Ordinary Characters, Extraordinary Film

21 April 2000

The thing that made this movie most compelling for me was the fact that it showed what work the characters do. With most Hollywood movies it appears that everyone is either independently wealthy or a FBI/NSA/CIA agent. With Polish Wedding, you went to work with the characters, and it wasn't glamourous at all, but it was real.

I'm surprised from all the comments on the lack of plot. It was a slice of life. Does your life have a plot? Mine either. That was another reason I really enjoyed the film. It was like living with another family for a short time and seeing how they live.

It was quirky and serious, tender and harsh and quite credible acting all around--save for Clare Danes. Her range seems quite limited.

I'm not Polish, nor Catholic (I'm an atheist), but I did think the things that happened in the movie made sense. I've read other comments that it's not how their Polish family was. Oh well, I don't think my family was exactly like any other family in the world either.

Don't watch this if you're expecting edge-of-your seat drama, steamy sex and car chases. But if you're in the mood for an intimate and fun look at a working class family, then this is one for you. I rank it nearly as good as The Sweet Hereafter for its realism.

My rating: 7

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The Fountainhead (1949)

3/10

Joyless Individualism

16 April 2000

Warning: Spoilers

What a propaganda piece--just in time for McCarthyism!

The reason I picked this film to view in the first place was because I didn't want to invest so much time in any of Ayn Rand's writing to sit down and read one of her books. I admit my view of her is slanted, since her politics are nearly (if not totally) opposite mine. But first, let me comment on the presentation of the movie, before I dissect its content.

The acting seemed awfully wooden on the parts of Cooper and Neal (at first, she did lighten up a bit eventually). The other characters were fine, I suppose. Technically, it wasn't a bad movie, really, but the story rung so false, that even though I was trying to watch it with an open mind, it so often contradicted itself, I couldn't buy it. Some examples:

At the end of the movie, Cooper makes the courtroom speech against the evils of "collectivism." How it would make people joyless. You know what? Cooper's character was the most joyless person I've seen onscreen in a long, long time. The only time his almost breaks a smiles is when he molests Neal's character. A bit odd for the character we're supposed to cheer for to be nearly a rapist.

Speaking of joylessness, Neal's character actually says to her husband "What's wrong, Gail" He asks her to elaborate, and she says, "you're happy." It seems a bit odd to me that being happy would means something is wrong!

Also, Cooper's character rants that there is no "collective brain" that we are all individuals and we all do everything on our own. That's just so much BS! Did he learn to read and write and became an architect without anyone's help? No, there isn't a "collective brain" but there is the collective knowledge of everyone that came before him that helps him every day in society.

Another irony about his tirade on "collectivism" was that a collective group (the jury) found him not guilty.

There are literally hundreds of other holes in the "plot" that made this story truly unbelievable. But, I'm glad I saw it. Now I don't have to waste my time reading Ms. Rand's tripe.

My rating: 3

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Wild Things (1998)

8/10

Keeps you guessing!

14 April 2000

I didn't know much about this film before I watched it. All I really knew about the movie was from the cover of the video, which of course wasn't very descriptive.

I thoroughly enjoyed this film! I really got into the plot early on, and didn't know it was going to go so much further than the rape trial. In a way, I would have liked it to end right after the first plot twist, because the last half of the film does get a bit excessive with the twists, though they were all plausible.

The main reason I got this movie was to watch Denise Richards (not for her acting). I'd seen her in Starship Troopers and fell in love. In this movie she is 100 times hotter, and best of all, topless in one scene.

Also, Bill Murray has an exceptional role as a very discount lawyer who tries to pretend that he's a real professional (like having an intercom system in a one room office!).

I recommend this movie to anyone who likes to be surprised by twists and turns in a movie.

My rating: 8

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Fair Game (1995)

1/10

Egads!

12 April 2000

This film was very, very bad. Now, there are two kinds of bad, "good" bad, that you can watch and enjoy because it is inadvertently funny. Then there's "bad" bad, that is just too stupid that instead of being funny you just groan and hope it ends soon. Fair Game definitely falls into the latter category.

Some reviewers have commented on how great it was to see Cindy Crawford naked. Well, it's nothing to get excited about, believe me. Yeah, I think Ms. Crawford is "all that," but in this movie, the only real nude scene was quite brief and the lighting (to simulate traveling in a cargo car of a train at night) was too annoying to see much of anything. A tease. Much like the fact that she takes two (!) showers in the movie, but doesn't allow us to see anything.

Of course the producers of the film didn't think people would be watching for Crawford or Baldwin's acting skills (they have none, of course), but rather to watch two sexy characters. Even this was a waste of time, since both of them were covered with lacerations on or near their faces from the first 1/2 hour of the movie on! Open wounds are not exactly my idea of "sexy" [See my review of "Crash" (1996)]

On top of that, the plot was idiotic. A divorce court lawyer (Crawford) about to confiscate (perhaps, there could have been endless appeals) the bad guy's boat. Plus it had way too much pointless violence, every dumb cliche in the book and used the old Red Scare (KGB & Cubans) anti-communism BS that should have died a decade ago.

My rating: 1

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Vampire's Kiss (1988)

6/10

What was that?

12 April 2000

Nicholas Cage is a terrific actor, and I have enjoyed his work in all the movies I've seen him in. That said, he does an outstanding job holding one's attention throughout this movie.

Nonetheless, this isn't a great movie. It goes in a few too many directions for it to remain coherent. It offends too many senses for it to be a good a comedy, and provides too few scares as a horror film.

One highlight, as others have mentioned, is with the fake vampire teeth. But the best part to that bit was the fact that he had to settle for the CHEAP teeth, because he didn't have $20 for the good ones! That really made me laugh!

My rating: 6

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Until the End of the World (1991)

10/10

Deeply Satisfying

10 April 2000

A very polarizing film. From the other comments, it appears people either loved it or hated it. I loved it very much.

Great escapism, wonderful concepts of the (then) near-future. I had had dreams about recording my dreams before, so this film really spoke to me. And of course the soundtrack was top notch.

Poetry on film!

My rating: 10

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Roger & Me (1989)

10/10

From "Pets" to "Meat", this has it all!

10 April 2000

This is how documentaries should be! Excellent film showing the heartlessness of capitalism. The best line, similar to "destroying the village to save it" was by the PR guy for GM saying that if GM eliminated ALL jobs to remain viable that would be all right--and then he gets fired!

A must see.

My rating: 10

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Cradle Will Rock (1999)

9/10

An Important Film

9 April 2000

Illustrates well what anti-communism does to people, art and government officials. Great scene at the end contrasting what New York City was in the '30s to what it is today.

Tim Robbins' best film to date.

My rating: 9

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