| RATING: | 80% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
Caucasians Trying to Get Away from Themselves
Yet another Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Apocalypse Now, Fitzcarraldo type film about the White Man’s Graveyard that occurs when Westerners seek a simple life in foreign climes.
The difference here is that such attempts are designed to get away from the superficiality and materialism of Western culture, rather than to subjugate the dark-skinned. The problem, however, is the same: They take their own emptiness with them and thus end-up no better-off than before.
The ranting nature of the central character is merely exacerbated by the jungle, as he gets further and further from so-called civilization. The film's anti-Christian message is well taken since Christianity is largely responsible for the moral depravity of the culture being criticized.
And yet the Swiss Family Robinson plotting - albeit a voluntary marooning - shows a family managing to keep together despite the exceeding travails they face. This is a movie about the Western family in crisis; showing it has more fortitude than the doom-mongers would suggest.
Harrison FORD’s
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