The Color Purple (Two-Disc Special Edition)
starring: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Willard E. Pugh
directed by: Steven Spielberg
directed by: Steven Spielberg
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The life and trials of a young african american womanStudio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 02/04/2003Starring: Rae Dawn Chong Daniel GloverRun time: 154 minutesRating: Pg13Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg, proving he's one of the few modern filmmakers who has the visual fluency to be capable of making a great silent film, took a melodramatic, D.W. Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel. His tactics made the film controversial, but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather belts banging against the head of the shaking bed. In a way it's a shame that Whoopi Goldberg, a stage monologist who made her screen debut in this movie, went on to become so famous, because it was, in part, her unfamiliarity that made her understated performance as Celie so effective. (This may be the first and last time that the adjective understated can be applied to Goldberg.) Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and actress (supporting players Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery were also nominated), it was quite a scandal--and a crushing blow to Spielberg--when it won none. --Jim Emerson
The life and trials of a young african american womanStudio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 02/04/2003Starring: Rae Dawn Chong Daniel GloverRun time: 154 minutesRating: Pg13Director: Steven Spielberg
Amazon.com essential video:
Steven Spielberg, proving he's one of the few modern filmmakers who has the visual fluency to be capable of making a great silent film, took a melodramatic, D.W. Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel. His tactics made the film controversial, but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather belts banging against the head of the shaking bed. In a way it's a shame that Whoopi Goldberg, a stage monologist who made her screen debut in this movie, went on to become so famous, because it was, in part, her unfamiliarity that made her understated performance as Celie so effective. (This may be the first and last time that the adjective understated can be applied to Goldberg.) Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and actress (supporting players Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery were also nominated), it was quite a scandal--and a crushing blow to Spielberg--when it won none. --Jim Emerson
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- Color Purple
I was very satisfied with my purchase and the sender was very quick to respond to my request.I would purchase further items from this seller.
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- Here's all you have to know about the movie
To understand the film and the book all you have to know is:
Black women--Perfect
Women--OK
Black men--Subpar
White men--The devil incarnate
What can I say--cardboard characters who's main goal is to pass us a MESSAGE.
Read Alice Walker's daughter's book to better understand how the mind of this bitter woman with an agenda operates.
Rating: - Ivy's LOng desired Gift
Seamless process, exceeded expectations.My wife has wanted this video for some time and we could never find a copy, even for rental.This set is just great and we highly recommend it.
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- fake snow
The snow is fake, so is much of the rest of this commercial production.But what else would you expect, Hollywood knows what people want, and they love it. I guess everything is an abstraction from reality, and since the book isn't reality, what difference does it make?I just prefer my cinema a few degrees more removed from DisneyWorld.
Rating: - Still A Tear Jerkly
This movie still makes me cry and wonder how people can be so mean to each other.
It's a wonderful movie you care about the characters wonder about their lives. It makes you think about how you would have survive in this time period.
It gives a different view of America a few years after slavery ends and the effects of JIm Crow Laws.
- Color PurpleI was very satisfied with my purchase and the sender was very quick to respond to my request.I would purchase further items from this seller.
- Here's all you have to know about the movieTo understand the film and the book all you have to know is:
Black women--Perfect
Women--OK
Black men--Subpar
White men--The devil incarnate
What can I say--cardboard characters who's main goal is to pass us a MESSAGE.
Read Alice Walker's daughter's book to better understand how the mind of this bitter woman with an agenda operates.
- Ivy's LOng desired GiftSeamless process, exceeded expectations.My wife has wanted this video for some time and we could never find a copy, even for rental.This set is just great and we highly recommend it.
- fake snowThe snow is fake, so is much of the rest of this commercial production.But what else would you expect, Hollywood knows what people want, and they love it. I guess everything is an abstraction from reality, and since the book isn't reality, what difference does it make?I just prefer my cinema a few degrees more removed from DisneyWorld.
- Still A Tear JerklyThis movie still makes me cry and wonder how people can be so mean to each other.
It's a wonderful movie you care about the characters wonder about their lives. It makes you think about how you would have survive in this time period.
It gives a different view of America a few years after slavery ends and the effects of JIm Crow Laws.
