I just wish the filmmakers had trusted themselves and their actors enough to rely less on wildly swinging camera angles and more calm, quiet menace. The result is a creepy, claustrophobic milieu. and/or after viewing it in class, go to: or. He does a nice job of recreating the period - the 1970s costumes are particularly evocative - and the combination of time and secluded setting removes the characters from all the usual distractions of TV, phones, etc. Written by A 2011 French adventure film won the 2011 Prix Jean Vigo. The Quiet Ones was directed by John Pogue, who co-wrote the screenplay with Oren Moverman and Craig Rosenberg. Land of Mine uses an oft-forgotten chapter from the aftermath of World War II to tell a hard-hitting story whose period setting belies its timeless observations about bloodshed and forgiveness. The story takes place in 1867 in the mining town of Kingdom Come. Then again, that last one is used so often that by the film’s halfway point you’re probably pretty sure when to expect them.
Possession as seen through the eyes of a rationalist is an interesting premise for a horror movie, but the conceit soon takes a back seat to the more traditional tropes of the genre - sudden levitation, terror that strikes during a soothing bath, and of course loud noises when you least expect them. He may not deliver in the subtlest of terms, but the end result is an admirable chronicle of history and a convincing war drama.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Clearly, Zandvliet has something to say about the destructive nature of war, upon both the Danish landscape and the human soul. A characteristic sequence features a German prisoner rescuing a Danish child from an active minefield, and this represents just one moment in which the film shifts into excessively sentimentalised overtones. These muted visuals are supported, and often elevated, by a wonderfully melancholic score from Sune Martin, which manages to mould a commendably dispiriting atmosphere.ĭespite its achievements, Land of Mine is not without narrative pitfalls. This plaintive subject matter is buttressed by cinematographer Camilla Hjelm Knudsen, who lends the image a cold and brutally realistic impression. However, the emotional substance of the film is primarily found within the contradictory relationship that develops between the German POWs and their fierce Danish commandant, Sgt. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Land of Mine deals liberally in sequences of beachside mine-clearing, which are consistently tense and occasionally horrifying. The resulting drama is admittedly predictable and the tone often slips into dissonant melodrama, but the events are nevertheless rooted in a compelling study of individual survival amid government-orchestrated tragedy. Wayne Morris (Sam Garrett), Jimmy Lydon (Tom Cameron), Beverly Garland (Laurie Bannerman), Rayford Barnes (Ray Novak), Dabbs Greer (Marshal. Indeed, politics is largely ignored in favour of a closer examination of comradeship and personal tragedy. Stargate is a 1994 science fiction adventure film directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich.The film is the first entry in the Stargate media franchise and stars Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, and Viveca Lindfors. A roll call of young German actors gives a strong impression that the prisoners are little more than confused and homesick boys. Land of Mine looks at a broad historical event through eyes of a few wholly rounded characters, and to this end the film is superbly cast.