put my faith back in american cinema

Rating: 10/10 (29 October 2000)

that was the only thing that i could think for hours after viewing requiem. it is the most powerful and potent film that i have seen in years. the level of a clockwork orange without the sense of "this is happening elsewhere." requiem is happening here and now.
with the exception of a few films like fight club american cinema on the whole is releasing empty films compared with our european counterparts. i'll take any 12 minute jean-luc godard film to most any american feature out there. even the supposed american, u.s. "avant-garde" is letting me down. however i need to give kudos to canada for making some true(ly interesting) films. i just hope that those directors find a place like artisan to do their dirty work and not let hollywood eat them whole (scratch that miramax).