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3.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Harvest (DVD)
This is the story of two lads who are working as interns at a German farming school, and we are told of a `passionate love that develops'. This is shot in a way that has the look and feel of a documentary, with sometimes pointless exchanges that do nothing to take the story or indeed the narrative further. The two main players are the only professional actors in this they are Jakob (Kai Michael Muller) and Marko (Lukas Stetner) who, it must be fair to say, do an above average job given the script and ad libbing. The rest of the cast are just ordinary folk who are obviously farming types.There is a lot of `mood' in this film, where we are reflecting on the looks and stares or meaningful silences, in order to understand what is going on. There is also minimal background music which adds even more to the docudrama feel of the thing. Some of the sub titles, which are in white, often get obscured by the background too, but that is a very minor gripe. The real problem is that nothing really happens; it's like a perpetual ride to Nowhersville. There is a lot about farming, so farm fetishists (if they exist) will be in welly heaven. There are explicit scenes involving the European `classic tractor' the Zeto 5211, graphic portrayals of cow husbandry and full frontal shots of irrigation machines. Plus a whole plethora of art house camera angles and suggestive looks. There is though some character development, but it just does so at a glacial pace and for a film with a run time of 88 minutes that is just another sign post to the severe lack of action. With regards to the `passion' we were promised, we have to wait an eon for anything much and then its just drunken fumbling, but I did get to learn how to process carrots so not a complete loss. I actually am a big fan of gay themed and foreign cinema but this is about as ground breaking as a broken rotovator (farm reference!). If you like a very gentle coming of age/out flick, then this might be for you. If you want some hands on lessons in farming, this might be for you, if you want something exciting and original that has a real gay theme, then best to give this one a wide berth, as this just did not `plough my furrow' (I do mean that in a lewd way too)so it is just OK hence the three stars.
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3.4 out of 5 stars (19 customer reviews) 32 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable,
By jkm211 - Published on Amazon.com
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The movie is a story about two young farmer apprentices making a discovery of their sexuality, falling in love. One of the two young men readily opens up to the possibility of the same sex relationship while the other takes time to reach self-acceptance. The production takes on the flavor of a "home-made" movie that at times feels like a documentary story, with interview-like acting, little music, and lots of background noises of the farm machinery, firmly grounding the story in realism. I have enjoyed every moment of this movie.
28 of 32 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A real genre-bender,
By teknozen - Published on Amazon.com
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Think socialist educational film on the joys of a government farmer training program, complete with earnest salt-of-the-earth agriculture instructors sporting haircuts so genuinely awful their 'do's actually achieve that ever ulta-elusive uber-hip of those who have found utter liberation from status-seeking. Oh, yeah, there is plenty of mucking out stalls and bucking bails and all those authentic farm activities, but never the remotest suggestion of any West Hollywood fantasies about a roll in the hay. Instead, slowly-as-watching-grass-grow, there develops a friendship so quiet and understated I had to keep rewinding because I thought I must have missed some crucial smoldering glances over the feed hopper or some such coded signal these two guys want each other. Nope. Yet, still, somehow the brokeback yearning seeps through, like, well a force of nature as relentless as the seasons. It's one of the odder films I've ever seen--such a deadpan absence of anything flashy, it may as well have been video verité--it absolutely succeeds without our lads so much as skinny dipping at the swimming hole. Yes, it is in German, and unlikely to get ground through the farcical Hollywood ratings system. But if it were, I feel certain it might well qualify as the first G-rated farming education and gay romance flick in the history of world cinema.
22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Artfully Paced,
By Will Stanton - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Harvest (DVD)
American gay movies can revel in the "gay" and the cliche. They sometimes forget that a simple love story can still work. It's a shame these aren't made more here. The movie is enjoyable and lacking in faux, storyboarded tension. I'd recommend it.
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