Product: Blow [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 5.0
I liked the message of the movie
I got this DVD for Christmas. It's two days later, and I've already watched it three times, including the infinifilm inserts. I'm a big fan of Johnny Depp, but that's not it. I love the music, but that's not it. And I'm no big fan of cocaine.I like the movie because it does not glorify, nor does it condemn, drug use per se. In many ways it just is, and has been, for a very long time. It has a lot to do with the 'market' that exists, and that has been exploited for the money.I loved Jung's relationship with his father, as it was portrayed. His father did not understand what he was doing, but did not judge him. It was clear to me that, at least as the story was told in the movie, Jung was trying to make enough money to keep the women in his life happy, having experienced recurring abandonment by his mother over the issue of money. Drugs are, if nothing else, about money and power. Just ask anyone in the government who will tell you.I also liked the awareness I got about the drug economy in Colombia, a basically poor country without the economy of drugs. Dig a little deeper, though you won't find the information in this movie, and you will know why. My country creates these economies, and then exploits them. Why? For money and power. This is supposed to be a democracy, but nobody asked me. I would have voted against anything like that. Lots of people would, if they understood it.At a time when the cocaine explosion took off, there was a great deal of support for it. Without that support, it would not have happened. It then got corrupted, but you would have to read the book *Barry and the Boys* to see how that happened.Still and all, though, I liked the message of the movie. There is money and power in the industry, but it costs a lot more than it is worth, depending on what you value. It's a powerful movie, though perhaps not for everyone.I particularly liked the cameo appearance by Bobcat Goldthwaite. I didn't even recognize him until the third time around. He doesn't look good. But then, in the movie, he wasn't supposed to.