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Land of Plenty (2004)
A study about US post 911 trauma.
This film tries to catch the mood of how US try to relocate after 911. I can understand that if one are a republican they will not like this movie, but that doesn't take away the fact that this is a very good movie. You find the hyper paranoid Vietnam veteran that drives around LA trying to find suspected people that in his mind will be planning the next 911. In another thread of the story there is a young woman that comes home to US , a child of US missionary's from Africa, that comes home and see her country for the first time since childhood. What I have been told about this movie is that no distributor in the US want to take on this movie due to political reasons. Its sad because its a good movie.
In My Father's Den (2004)
This movie will stand the test of time.
A warphotographer returns home to NZ to take part in his fathers funeral. When he gets back he meet up with his past, meeting with his brother, his former girlfriend ,and a empty house after his father. Slovly the different characters comes to life and its all linked together into a series of events that ends up in a death. The story is excellent told , sometimes in flashbacks and sometimes not linear, but in a way that its easy to follow. This story really touched me because of the dept, the views and the different characters. This is not a happy ending story, but if you get a chance to watch it you will not regret it. I think this is a story that will stand the test of time , what I mean is that it will be a movie that many will recommend to their friends. I guess now I have to find the book and read it. They say that the book mostly are better than the film. If thats the case I'm in for many nice hours of reading.