- Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Lara Flynn Boyle
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B000FUF9O2
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #45,259 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Must see,
By Carolyne Hadley (Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: NEW Land Of The Blind (DVD) (DVD)
Well done film.Excellent subject of which there are many opinions. Highly recommend
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3.5 out of 5 stars (22 customer reviews) 49 of 52 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Room 101 Revisited,
By Aaron Gutsell - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: NEW Land Of The Blind (DVD) (DVD)
After expecting "The English Patient, Part VI" We were pleasantly surprised to see Ralph Fiennes head off into uncharted waters. A dark blend of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and "Brazil" emerges in a fully-formed recreation of the Stalinist revolutionary state, with subreferences to practically every dictator who graced the Twentieth Century.Donald Sutherland has a chance to shine in a fabulous Castro-esque (the early years) beard, and We were also highly impressed with Lara Flynn Boyle, and Tom Hollander as the son-turned-heir, an unfortunate dictatorial truth still being played out in North Korea. Mr. Hollander was suitably portrayed as a short man next to the leggy Boyle, and the 1950s Peronist costumes set an appropriate tone. Draw whatever conclusions you will from the film's final scenes- they are the results of torture and re-education camps- but many Russian, Cuban, Argentinian, North Korean, Chinese, Afghani, Italian, Cambodian, George Orwellian dissidents would agree that "Land of the Blind" is a superbly accurate and ironic piece of work. 29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing is Better than Steak,
By L. Jerome "jamdown" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: NEW Land Of The Blind (DVD) (DVD)
Great movie about a naive soldier, brilliantly played by Ralph Fiennes, who helps to overturn one dictatorship, only to have it replaced by another. A timely film about government oppression, restricted freedom and unfailing courage. I'm surprised that I haven't heard of this film before.
18 of 24 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
quite brilliant but ham handed,
By Seth J. Frantzman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: NEW Land Of The Blind (DVD) (DVD)
This is an almost brilliant film, close in greatness to Brazil but misses the makr because of its ham handed idiotic references to current 'terrorist' lingo, which makes it not a timely classic, so it fails becuase it will not play well in ten years, the verbage used in the film will be lost. However there is brilliance here. A mosaic of time periods and dictators, this film references many things, Franco, monks burning themselves, political prisoners, the war on terror, bin Laden, France's war in algeria, Nixon, and even a little known or recalled story of a vietnam POW who blinked morse code on TV. In addition it even references Pol Pot and Kim Jung Il.This political satire and dark comedy is fascinating in its ability to portray dictatorship, but its use of American uniforms, those used in the war in Iraq, on soldiers shooting civilians is gratuitousa and degrading. Making fun of Pol Pot is one thing, comparing genocide to current U.S policy is sad and too easily. Set in a fictional country it stars Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland, who deliver great performances. It sourounds a child dictator-director, his tarror card reading wife(ala Noriega) a prison guard turned collaborator with a celebrated terrorist-philosopher. A must see film, brilliant but has some real tragic drawbacks. Seth J. Frantzman |
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