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September 29, 2005
Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda (2004), Terry George:
Like I said in my The Battle of Algiers post, I don't dislike movies that educate me about bad things happening in the world, but there's a line between making you think about something and making you feel bad about it. It's well intentioned, sure, and the theater is a pretty good way of bringing attention to things, but that just makes it good advocacy, not good cinema. Well-made guilt porn can only go so far, sure, but without much more (and there's not much) it's just that. Don Cheadle is becoming a fine actor though. I guess his equally amazing skills as an supporting actor kept him doing that until Traffic.
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Posted by bing at September 29, 2005 11:14 PM