The reader's of the IMDb have spoken, and this was declared the best movie of 1899- seriously, check this link: http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Years/1899/average-vote. After viewing this cinematic treasure, I must concur. The dialog was a little weak, and the cinematography could have been better. However, the exquisite dance moves more than made up for this lack of cinematic substance. My major complaint with this film was it's length. This masterpiece clocks in at a hair under 5 minutes. Just when the film starts to entrance you and pull you in, it seems to end. Perhaps the dancers were fatigued, they appeared to be moving at double speed- then again this may be due to the speed I had the projector set at. This is one those films that will haunt you for years after witnessing it. I have not been the same since... Do not let that deter you, this is quite an amazing little piece of cinema history. If you ever get a chance to view this fine film, please do so- I assure you, you will not be disappointed...
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Wait! I thought the white people in the film were the n**gers?
grendel-376 May 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Wait! I thought the white people in the film were the ones they were defining as the n**gers? I thought it was a brilliant examination of how the labelers, ultimately define themselves by trying to define others. Look at how the camera pans the crowd and picks out faces, and those faces are caught looking particularly Neanderthal like, very similar to Lang's ability to capture the lunacy of the mob, in films such as FURY. I mean that crowd, pale of hair and eye, becomes the very definition of n**gers. Really wacky, surreal stuff.
And then the 2nd half kicks it into overdrive. It's like Woody Allen, meets other filmmakers I don't like. :) Right? Really good flick with dancing white n**gers. And man that musical in the middle with George Bush! Man that was the snizzle! And then that amazing portion, where they revealed General Lee, was a black man in white face! AWW SNAP!!! Give a whole new meaning to the term brother vs brother. They don't make em like this anymore. :) Except for the Fox channel. :).
And then the 2nd half kicks it into overdrive. It's like Woody Allen, meets other filmmakers I don't like. :) Right? Really good flick with dancing white n**gers. And man that musical in the middle with George Bush! Man that was the snizzle! And then that amazing portion, where they revealed General Lee, was a black man in white face! AWW SNAP!!! Give a whole new meaning to the term brother vs brother. They don't make em like this anymore. :) Except for the Fox channel. :).
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