Sunday, August 15, 2010

"Agora" is a must-see film

mostly playing in metro area arthouse type theaters, but if you can see it on the big screen do so, because it's visually impressive. If the only way you can see it is on DVD, do so as well. It's a rare film for the progressive mind as it details the destruction of the great Alexandrian Library of antiquity, and a rare film it that its approach is primarily intellectual, not emotional, as most films tend to be emotion-based. Why? Because it appeals to a mass audience. But Agora is not concerned with such bottom-line concerns. The irony is that it also has a huge emotional payoff at the end, with the fate of the philosopher Hypatia. It's also above average in its cinematic technique, thus it qualifies as a 'great film' in that 1, it reveals truth, 2, it's cinematically innovative.

1 Comments:

Blogger Darwin Grimm said...

Thanks for the feedback flj. I understand about the distortion of history for dramatic effect, but still there needs to be more films centered around the intellect such as Agora. I'll check out your blog!

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