I wish there was more space in movies for stories like this that never tip into outright horror but nevertheless take place in a slightly unreal register, totally authentic and true to life but without being overly concerned with traditional realism. Danny Glover is an absolute world champion.

This and Killer of Sheep are like glimpses at an alternate universe Hollywood where different approaches to storytelling and characterization are embraced, and the depiction of black American life and conflict is more rich and varied. Danny Glover gives a career best performance in this, perfectly cast as the biblical serpent in the garden of Eden.

Plays like a South Central version of Hellraiser, with Danny Glover using his warm screen persona as a front for something that's as insidiously tempting as it is supremely creepy. As much as I liked this, I almost wish it were constructed more like a thriller -- shorter and with a little more tension.

not quite smart enough to talk about this in any meaningful way so i'll just let you know that the woman who edited this also edited twilight

Mother! wishes....

a bit taken aback on my first viewing (in the best way!) even though this isn't a movie that hits you over the head. it is a movie with so many beautiful ambiguities -- it is subtly, darkly hilarious and subtly, lightly evil. danny glover was interested in the script but wasn't sure which character he wanted to play. i can't imagine him as any other character than harry, or really, anyone else playing his character.

The devil working his way into domestic life... the body lingers. The most conceptual of Burnett's films — the cut between a smiling mother and crops the morning after a storm immediately comes to mind: no other independent American filmmaker, especially during the 90s, is capable of such juxtapositions. It's apparent to me, especially during this revelatory second watch, that every choice Burnett is making, whether it be stylistic or textual, serves a poetic purpose beyond the literal interpretation of the image/narrative. It's crazy to think that Burnett's career didn't blow up after this, but I suppose it only makes sense that something this metaphorical be rejected by pretty much everyone upon release. I'll have to rewatch again before I can say much else, but it's clear that I, despite initially calling it a masterpiece, have massively underestimated this one...

”you never know what’s in the heart and just because you can cry doesn’t make you human.”

Caralho que velho sem noção, e que irmão mais novo sem noção!! Mas gosto muito desse pequeno fantastico q existe, so umas coisas estranhas de vez em quando

"Excuse me. I have to go feed my dog."

Not crazy about this one but I love me a good slow burn family drama

One of my favorite films ever. Deeply impressive and too often under-appreciated in my opinion. There's so much going on here. Beautiful film, I would give an arm to make a film like this someday

i'll never look at danny glover the same way again

Top tier Burnett, this one hits too close to home. The characters chemistry along with the story make for an beautiful and sweet motion picture. The film slowly builds into a emotional and cathartic experience, if youre into it as I was it'll have you crying like a baby by the end. Im not religious in any sense, but the dialouge and characters seem so relatable that the religious overtone seems to only enhance the impact of the emotional intensity thats being portrayed. Really a masterpiece to say the least, and a lesson in simple and beautiful filmmaking. 10/10

wowow

Unnerving ambiguity coupled with a show-stopping Glover performance.

everything about this feels so personal and so important to not just burnett but his players as well, and the comparisons to sam shepard's plays are thrillingly apt. danny glover is stellar, of course, and something about the stiltedness of some of the other performances really makes the whole affair feel even more dreamlike.

while the final 10 minutes or so were going on i kept thinking it was going on far too long, but the more i sit with it the more essential it feels. one of those movies that you immediately want to watch again to pick up on all the little mysteries you're afraid you might have missed the first time.

It’s kind of like Charles Burnett’s earlier work, but this one has paid actors (even a big shot like Danny Glover), a budget, and a discernible linear plot.

This is the best marble gag in cinematic history

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THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY

"[The LA Rebellion] sought to portray black psychological interiority on-screen with grace, formal experimentation, and insight, crucially from a place of intimate knowledge, countering the reductive, stereotyped, and diminished images of blackness being produced just a few miles east in Hollywood at the time." - Ashley Clark

“When you’re made to feel half a man, what do you think the other half is?” - Harry Mention

Because of how rare it is, it’s always exciting to find an American film with a genuinely unique mode of storytelling. Charles Burnett is reaching for - and grasping - something much deeper than realism in To Sleep with Anger, where everything said seems to somehow lay bare whoever said it, revealing the foundation(s) of themselves.