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Return to Paradise (1953)
A cult classic in Samoa !
Let's get one thing straight, the actors in this movie are portraying Pacific Islanders NOT aboriginals.
I like this movie if only for the fact that it is probably the only Hollywood movie that was filmed in Western Samoa . It still gets played regularly there on one of the countries two t.v stations and it even has a beach proudly named after it where it was filmed on the south side of Upolu, the main island of Samoa.
Maybe not everyones cup of tea here but the story has had similar parallels in real life many times over.
Enjoyable !
The Yearling (1946)
My personal favourite
No doubt about it life in those early times were harsh and raw. Maybe its because I grew up in the bush here in Australia and I can identify with Jody on so many levels .
The theme of the power of nature and the cycle of life & death are powerful themes and I love the theme offamily. family and family needs come first and so they should. Peoplehave always been of more worth than animals. Don't get me wrong,'flag's death was regrettable but family needs must come first. What ashame that Jody, whilst just a boy, gets that tough job. At 15 my father gave me virtually the same gruesome task to shoot my own dog of 10 years that a neighbour had shot, smashing its leg. I was 15 and bawling my eyes out but no, I could not shoot my own dog. A great family must watch movie.