Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Distant Lights
8.5 out of 10
Germany 2003
Desperate people doing desperate things. This is the 4th movie today about those much worse off than me and it has hardly lifted my spirits, and this was a heavy hammer to bring me down. This movie with 6 separate, but linked stories about people trying to improve their lot has left me feeling low about our world. While the developed world is happy enough mouthing platitudes about helping others, it seems to be doing little but exploiting the many poor to overpay a few. This movie was not about wealthy exploitation, more about the mercenary self interest of desperate and not so desperate people. An excellent film about people sinking or swimming, helping or backstabbing.
Germany 2003
Desperate people doing desperate things. This is the 4th movie today about those much worse off than me and it has hardly lifted my spirits, and this was a heavy hammer to bring me down. This movie with 6 separate, but linked stories about people trying to improve their lot has left me feeling low about our world. While the developed world is happy enough mouthing platitudes about helping others, it seems to be doing little but exploiting the many poor to overpay a few. This movie was not about wealthy exploitation, more about the mercenary self interest of desperate and not so desperate people. An excellent film about people sinking or swimming, helping or backstabbing.
# posted by Dave @ 17:16 
