Saturday, August 18, 2007
Rescue Dawn
2006 Dir: Werner Herzog
Stars: Christian Bale, Marshall Bell
IMDB
Werner Herzog is a famous director (although mostly in film buff circles), but this is the first film of his I have seen. Based on the real life capture and escape of an American in Laos during the early stages of the Vietnam war. Christian Bale plays Dieter and once again shows the extent he will take his craft. It is a fresh healthy Dieter who takes off on a mission in 1965, 6 months later it is an emancipated man who leaves the jungle. While the escape plays a big part in the movie the interactions of the 6 prisoners in the camp forms the central part of this story. As various levels of madness infect the prisoners. Bale is an odd performer and I have mixed feelings about his performances and the film while showing interesting characters just lacks something to make it great, rather than good or very good.
Why See It? A look at madness in a different setting.
Stars: Christian Bale, Marshall Bell
IMDB
Werner Herzog is a famous director (although mostly in film buff circles), but this is the first film of his I have seen. Based on the real life capture and escape of an American in Laos during the early stages of the Vietnam war. Christian Bale plays Dieter and once again shows the extent he will take his craft. It is a fresh healthy Dieter who takes off on a mission in 1965, 6 months later it is an emancipated man who leaves the jungle. While the escape plays a big part in the movie the interactions of the 6 prisoners in the camp forms the central part of this story. As various levels of madness infect the prisoners. Bale is an odd performer and I have mixed feelings about his performances and the film while showing interesting characters just lacks something to make it great, rather than good or very good.
Why See It? A look at madness in a different setting.
# posted by Dave @ 09:32 
