How did this win Palm' Dor?
Don't get me wrong, this was a good movie, a really good movie. But how did it win Best film??? It has alot of flaws. I guess the selection wasn't so good that year...
sharePerhaps it would help the thread along if you elaborated on what those flaws are?
shareWell, you never knew what happened to him, I don't think Costas-Gravas knows alot about that, so it was kind of unsatisfying but other than that it was a really good movie.
share"it was kind of unsatisfying"
I guess you mean reality, not the film....
That wasn't one of the flaws I noted, I actually thought it helped the film some. The film don't really have many flaws but it got alot of low points and those flashbacks where annoying seeing how it was a little hard to know what was present and what it was that where the flashbacks before they where over. Great film, but not raelly golden palm worthy.
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I wouldn't say "flaw", but the way Costa-Gravas filmed the shoot-outs in the streets were surreal. In Latin America, whenever there is a confrontation between the military and protesters with shooting from machine guns, people don't approach to see what's going on, like it did in the movie. If you see a heli or a jeep shooting up people, you're not gonna wanna get near it. Also, the scene where Mr. Horman opened the cab door to hit the jeep and was yelling to "stop" - that kind of shenanigans would get anyone shot, and I mean ANYONE. Doesn't matter if you're American. Hell, they'll probably enjoy it more if they did shoot a yank and then call it an "accident" in the skirmish with the leftists. Still, this did not deter me from enjoying the film and thinking it's good enough to win the awards it won. All performances were excellent, the score was superb, the writing was almost flawless, and the directing itself - save for a few things here and there - was neatly tied without leaving loose ends.
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