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altyfc
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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The Constant Gardener
John Le Carre must be one of the most frustrating authors to adapt to the big screen. His serpentine novels of espionage bureaucracy are subtle and intricate, highly dependent on narrative descriptions with little overt action.
Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles — an Oscar nominee two years ago for City of God, his visceral look at gang warfare in the slums of Rio — was an unusual, but inspired choice to bring Le Carre's 2001 thriller The Constant Gardener to the screen.
Opening today, this film of outrage over corporate and governmental abuse of Africa is more fast-paced than the usual cerebral Le Carre thrillers. Meirelles keeps his hand-held camera in constant motion, capturing Kenya in all its beauty and squalor, upping the tension without shortchanging the serious themes.
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Cole
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This was a great movie. Rachel Weisz as the part of Tessa with a combination of a fantastic plot really made this movie spectacular. Several people did not like it, saying it is unrealistic, but it was still good.
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