- Actors: Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Karra Elejalde, Silke, Nancho Novo
- Directors: Julio Medem
- Writers: Julio Medem
- Producers: Fernando de Garcillán, Manuel Lombardero
- Format: NTSC, Import
- Language: Spanish
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Vanguard Cinema
- Release Date: Nov 21 2000
- Run Time: 125 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00003XAMC
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Julio Medem doesn't direct his films so much as weave them: images, characters, criss-crossing stories, and recurring motifs intertwine, blur, and transform through time. Tierra begins in the heavens and plummets to Earth, the camera rushing through space down to the red dust of a remote wine-growing region in Spain. Ángel (Carmelo Gómez) attempts to find grounding in his work (he's been hired to fumigate the area, which has been infested by wood lice) but finds his wandering soul torn in two directions. Initially attracted to the lovely, lonely, ethereal Ángela (Emma Suárez), he finds himself drawn against his better nature--in the form of a guardian angel, a phantom double that watches over him like an aggressive but well-meaning conscience--to the earthy, passionate, impulsive Mari (Silke). Medem sets his tale of love and lust amidst the stunning, austere landscape of fiery red hills, a world both primal and alien (dressed in white protective suits, the fumigators look like astronauts on Mars). Like his earlier film The Red Squirrel (which also starred Gómez and Suárez), Medem winds multiple stories together with natural history and philosophical musings until it all melts together in a lovely and unexpected conclusion. Medem crafts an equally dense story in his acclaimed follow-up film, The Lovers of the Arctic Circle, but where that film leapt into the emotional world of tragic melodrama, Tierra transforms "wrong" choices into revealing insights about the beautiful contradictions of human nature. --Sean Axmaker
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Stunning...,
By KB (Western Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tierra (DVD)
I would have to say that Medem was really on a roll when he made this film and its follow-up, Lovers of the Arctic Circle. They are two of the greatest films of the nineties (and beyond!). I don't want to give anything away about the insane and inspired plot of this movie, but I would like to call attention to one thing: There is a shot in this movie that was blatantly stolen by the makers of that awful, over-rated sci-fi movie, The Matrix. It is one of the most famous shots in the Matrix and was featured prominently in the ad campaign. When you watch Tierra (which you MUST!), you'll see what I mean.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good movie, terrible DVD,
By "fgaruti" (Mexico, DF Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tierra (DVD)
For those that like Medem's work, Tierra is an interesting movie. It is not his greatest movie, but it is an interesting psichological and visual endeavour. His particular visual style (particularily noticeable in Ardilla Roja) begins to show in this movie. Unfortunately, not because of the movie itself (which you might like or dislike depending on wheter you can get in touch with Medem's altered reality), but because of the DVD transfer, this is not a good DVD buy. The transfer is lousy, subtitles are burnt on the image. Being a letterbox transfer, it would make perfect sense to position subtitles on the black bars, and for those of us who can listen to movies in their original language, the option to turn it off. This type of lousy pack-n-go arthouse DVDs, be it from Spain, France or Italy is undeniably cheap and unacceptable.
4.0 out of 5 stars
More than fumigation going on,
By Enrique Torres "Rico" (San Diegotitlan, Califas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tierra (VHS Tape)
Fascinating tale that addresses metaphsical questions with human nature and all it's conflicts. The scenery is stark and at times otherworldly, quite possibly the intent of the director to illustrate the nature of conflicts between this world and the unknown. Beautiful story about a man who comes to eradicate a pesky little critter who is giving the vineyards wine a "earthy" taste. He hires some gipsy's to help him fumigate but in the process becomes involved with two women of distinct characteristics. The conflicts exist throughout the movie for the leadin male chacter, Angel, and he must choose his path and destiny while bearing in mind his original mission and purpose, to get rid of the insect that has infested the vineyards. Very good movie that is a bit out there at times but the questions raised by the director are legitimate and worth contemplating. The dialogue is fast at times and if you need to read the sub titles they disappear fast. Put on your thinking cap and try this good example of Spanish cinema.
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