I have been procrastinating allot this weekend watching movies, first I saw Disturbia - best teen horror movie to come out of Hollywood in a long time, then I accidentally saw Catch a Fire - I thought it was about something else and I decided to watch Country of My Skull as well. It actually turned out quite well, since I have an assignment due in 2 weeks about affirmative action in Social Psychology and these movies both just sensitized me again to that part of my heritage. For the ignorant however, our society is quite different from what is depicted in Hollywood dramas. There is still allot to be overcome, but we have achieved probably more than any other society have ever in terms of social trust - that's a difficult argument, but figure it out for yourself.
Catch a fire was much better than this movie though, Juliette Binoche's role as a conscientious Afrikaans women isn't very accurate, and her emotional outbursts are to histrionic, almost psychotic. Both my parents were like that, and the dynamics of South African society gives far greater lea way than a foreigner would expect. It isn't necessary to act all guilty like for crimes you didn't commit and governance philosophies you didn't support to achieve acceptance among those affected by it. South African blacks are actually quite chilled out in general, if you simply show respect they act indiscriminately regarding the apartheid era. Maybe I'm just to young to really know.
Between Tim Robbens, Juliette Binoche, the guy who was Stander and Leonardo Dicaprio; Tim and Leo's performances of white Southern Africans has been by far the best.
Catch a fire was much better than this movie though, Juliette Binoche's role as a conscientious Afrikaans women isn't very accurate, and her emotional outbursts are to histrionic, almost psychotic. Both my parents were like that, and the dynamics of South African society gives far greater lea way than a foreigner would expect. It isn't necessary to act all guilty like for crimes you didn't commit and governance philosophies you didn't support to achieve acceptance among those affected by it. South African blacks are actually quite chilled out in general, if you simply show respect they act indiscriminately regarding the apartheid era. Maybe I'm just to young to really know.
Between Tim Robbens, Juliette Binoche, the guy who was Stander and Leonardo Dicaprio; Tim and Leo's performances of white Southern Africans has been by far the best.