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Just watched the outstanding Netflix movie "Mudbound."
It is excellent and well worth a watch.
Here is one review: http://time.com/5030321/mudbound-movie-review/
Mudbound works as a thumbnail picture of midcentury American racism and injustice, and as a reminder of how slowly things really change in this country, as much as we like to think of ourselves as progressive thinkers and lovers of freedom. But you cant just write ideas on the screen: Your performers have to embody them, and theres not a minute in Mudbound that doesnt feel deeply felt and believable. Rees, who previously wrote and directed the 2011 coming-of-age drama Pariah, has shaped the material beautifully: This is just a good story, period, and Rees never loses sight of that. Its told from the shifting points of view of each of its major characters, but it never feels cluttered or confusing. And the movies sense of history is woven tightly into its landscape. At one point Mulligans Laura reflects, in voice-over, on the muddy bleakness of her surroundings (I dreamed in brown), and Rachel Morrisons cinematography provides the visual evidence. Morrison makes this world look both enduring and unsettling, the kind of place whose spirit creeps into your bones. Although Mudbound is being released in select theaters, its also available on Netflix, and its complex visual beauty works even on the small screen.
Sadly, we seem to have learned too little over the years.
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Just watched the outstanding Netflix movie "Mudbound." (Original Post)
BlueMTexpat
Nov 2017
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Canoe52
(2,949 posts)1. Having trouble watching anything with racism and injustice these days.
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)5. I have trouble with those
all the time. But this is something that you really should see.
bif
(22,791 posts)2. Finished it last night.
Excellent movie. Powerful and unexpected ending.
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)6. Glad that you saw it!
But also
irisblue
(33,041 posts)3. I heard an interview w/ the author a few weeks back
It sounds amazing. On my list
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)4. The ensemble cast
is outstanding.
sazemisery
(2,608 posts)7. Proud to say, the author is my stepdaughter
I am so proud of her and her novel's accomplishments.
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)8. How wonderful for you
both! May she go on to even greater things!
She certainly seems to have had fine inspiration!