Good solid documentary regarding the making of The Long Good Friday. Helen Mirren astute, Bob Hoskins cheery, Pierce Brosnan charming, director John Mackenzie informative and producer Barry Hanson far more alive than he is on later extras! High quality film including the clips. So often after a Blu ray experience the extras seem so naff with second generation DVD quality, here I would say the whole thing is Blu ray quality so no lapse at all with the clips. There were three questions I had after viewing the film and this documentary film answered them all. I had wondered if featuring the IRA by name had caused any cause for concern and this was confirmed leading to my second query as to whether the release had been straight forward. Here apparently a major problem had arisen with the company refusing to release its own film and this was resolved by George Harrison's HandMade Films agreeing to buy it and release it themselves - thanks George! The other thing I wondered was regarding the role of Helen Mirren, which seemed pivotal and unusual. Although quietly spoken and modest Mirren makes it very clear that she had a direct role in changing her character from the usual submissive gangster moll to the central position she takes in the final cut. Essential viewing for fans of the film BUT do not watch before the actual movie.
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Hard to bear
blumdeluxe17 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers
"Bloody Business" is a documentary dealing with the conditions under which Australian cows are being slaughtered in Indonesian slaughterhouses and who pays for all of this.
The film is sometimes really hard to bear because it portrays our cruelty against animals in all its brutality. Nobody can watch this and say that the cows don't perfectly understand what's happening around them. Of course the movie is anything but neutral and it would have been interesting to discuss the topic even more controversially but still this example shows once again how profit seems to outweigh any moral doubts that we might have.
All in all this is a terrible but a very important film, one that should make people think whether it is acceptable to just continue as it is or if it is necessary to take more responsibility for our own actions.
The film is sometimes really hard to bear because it portrays our cruelty against animals in all its brutality. Nobody can watch this and say that the cows don't perfectly understand what's happening around them. Of course the movie is anything but neutral and it would have been interesting to discuss the topic even more controversially but still this example shows once again how profit seems to outweigh any moral doubts that we might have.
All in all this is a terrible but a very important film, one that should make people think whether it is acceptable to just continue as it is or if it is necessary to take more responsibility for our own actions.
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