This film crushed me to the bone, exhausted my heart, and I was never again the same. It brought back faith in the uncompromised vision of cinema. Its images will forever stay in my memory; the stare of the tiger, the smell of the tropical rain...this is sensory cinema, where time is freezed and narrative is stripped, and what's left is for us to finally feel. It is utopian, but it is also sad, because we realize that there is never (and never will be) a utopia. People say love is utopian, yet according to Mr. Weerasethakul, it is also very consuming, which becomes possessive, and at the end, a burden. At the end, the soldier goes into the jungle to find what's been consuming him. The tiger. He is lost and completely hopeless; he has no purpose without the tiger, yet he cannot possibly live with the tiger because of its nature. They are co-dependent; co-exist. Is that what great love is all about?
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Fahrenheit 9/11
(2004)
Film of the Year
29 June 2004
Shattering, funny, manipulative, FAHRENHEIT 9/11 could be the most important
American film in recent memory. It reminds us at the power (and danger) of cinema, as it could possibly influence the fate of one's nation. With the anti-Bush controversy surrounding it, it surprises me that at the end the film comes across as a testament of Mr Moore's deep love and passion towards the United States. He wants a change and he still believes it could happen, and there is sense of hope throughout. It was a cathartic experience. And no matter what your political views are, you cannot possibly deny the cinematic thrill & power of FAHRENHEIT 9/11.
American film in recent memory. It reminds us at the power (and danger) of cinema, as it could possibly influence the fate of one's nation. With the anti-Bush controversy surrounding it, it surprises me that at the end the film comes across as a testament of Mr Moore's deep love and passion towards the United States. He wants a change and he still believes it could happen, and there is sense of hope throughout. It was a cathartic experience. And no matter what your political views are, you cannot possibly deny the cinematic thrill & power of FAHRENHEIT 9/11.
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