It’s amazing what a minor surgery and the flu will do for catching up on those DVDs and videos! I’ve seen quite a few of them recently.<\/p>\n
“Finding Forrester,” directed by Gus van Sant, was an excellent exploration of the relationship between a bright black teenager who is an aspiring writer and an older white novelist.<\/p>\n
“Higher Education” is a scary film about the depths of racism on a college campus.<\/p>\n
“The Quiet American” provides an interesting perspective on French colonialism in Vietnam and early steps toward the entry of the U.S. into the struggle.<\/p>\n
“The Mystic Masseur” wasn’t all that great a portrayal of the life of an ordinary man who becomes a mystic and then a politician.<\/p>\n
There were several others that I can’t remember right now. That flu haze is settling in again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s amazing what a minor surgery and the flu will do for catching up on those DVDs and videos! I’ve seen quite a few of them recently. “Finding Forrester,” directed by Gus van Sant, was an excellent exploration of the … Continue reading