Evil has a compass

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2013)

David Denby says this is easily the greatest feature film ever made about slavery. HIgh praise, and it deserves more. This is easily one of the greatest feature films ever made, period. It is brilliant storytelling without the hand-holding musical cues and editing tricks that trigger the viewer's emotional responses. Scenes play themselves out in a painterly way, letting the moviegoer's gaze take hold. The viewer enters this film in a way few if any contemporary films allow. You are there. And there, the deep South, was an evil place. Where does evil reside? In a time when many feel we've lost our moral compass comes a film that can serve as a compass. I wonder where this film will lead us?