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Boring! The rich Americans, like Glass, find poverty interesting/nice and transform misery into art
Boring! The worst movie I've ever seen in my life. I had to see these two bad movies to take my sister to the movies.The rich Americans, like Glass, find poverty interesting/nice and transform misery into art make fame and reputation to himself.
I recently watched a documentary on Philip Glass. I think it would be a stretch to call him a "rich" American. I don't understand the comment on poverty. Are you saying that artist shouldn't incorporate social reality into their work?
After a while or years, poverty hurts the soul of the people, is not nice to see it in a movie.
Sorry guys if you love the film, I had see poverty all my life, it is not good.I feel bad after see this movie, I sorry If Mr.Glass not rich by the USA standards, surely it is rich by the poor countries low life standard.Glass would use a few seconds or minutes of poverty images, but no a entire film on it.This is make money or fame over the pain of many poor people.After a while or years, poverty hurts the soul of the people, is not nice to see it in a movie. I glad Glass is a great classical composer.
Yeah, I found it pretty mind-blowing the first time I saw it. For a contemporary look at life out of balance, Baraka is a must see. The movie is, at times, a crushing experience:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103767/
I agree Baraka is phenomenal. I watched it over and over when it first came out. It owes a lot to the Poy/Koyaniqaatsi films but is better than either of them IMO, at least visually. I like Glass but more than 10min. of his music and I start to zone out unless I'm reading or something or the exceptional Glass/Shankar CD 'Passages' but that's because the Indian elements shake things up a little.
Watch this. That sums it up for anybody and everybody.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO1nYk8ErUc&feature=related
These films were not made FOR people who live in poverty, but for people who DON'T live in poverty or otherwise poor conditions/environments. If you have grown up around such conditions, of course these films are not for you! There is nothing for you to learn! Also, Philip Glass wrote the score/soundtrack he did not direct or produce the films, so why blame him?