A movie before its time

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2009)

It's crazy this movie was made 40 years ago because I saw so many parallels with the french colonization and the United States' infiltration in Iraq today. Even though they are still different situations, I swear Bush took some lines right out of that movie... "The terrorists live among us".
This movie really shows how powerful culture can be, as a tool for better or for worse. It also shows if you impose values and beliefs on another culture enough, they will collide. This movie was before its time and is a classic.
Just a side note - Gillo Pontecorro and Marcello Gatti did a beautiful job on the photography, absolutely magnificent.