review by Reid Volk
Even The Rain 2011
Watched Mar 28, 2012
Reid Volk’s review:
Dedicated to Howard Zinn, the famous New Left historian, Even the Rain looks at imperialism from the perspective of the exploited. It is an interesting effort, but one that feels incredibly heavy-handed & propagandistic.
I appreciate that the film has good intentions, but the dialogue is so on the nose and the director has such a ferocious hatred for subtlety, that it makes me resistant to the whole endeavor. Not even Gael Garcia Bernal's dashing looks can distract me from the film's hagiographical take on peasant uprisings.
If you are really swept up in the 99% movement, then this film is meant to arouse you. However, if you like films that make you think as opposed to ones that drown you in ideology, then this film will offer you little more than one cool homage to Fellini's La Dolce Vita.
What was the La Dolce Vita reference?
Very early in the film a helicopter is shown towing a giant cross. I'm guessing it was an homage. Or one hell of a coincidence.
Yeah, there's no coincidence with a scene that iconic. How come that's always the scene that everyone imitates? It's great, but there's so many other incredible shots/sequences in that film.