Hey, do you think Indians will ever ‘get it’ that all flashing images on a screen don’t a movie make.
Attuned as desis are to watching the mindnumbing Bollywood junk, they have no benchmark or conception of quality films.
This post is part of our self-assigned Herculean mission to expose the unwashed masses to quality movies outside of their narrow selection and comfort zones.
Sin Nombre – Dark Movie
On Thursday, we watched Sin Nombre.
A Spanish language movie, Sin Nombre is a dark and harrowing look into the passage of poor, illegal immigrants from the deep bowels of Central America into the United States.
The first feature film of Cary Joji Fukunaga, Sin Nombre is a somber film that’s unlikely to leave you unmoved over the illegal immigrants who survive in the states doing the dirty, dangerous jobs that mainstream Americans just won’t do.
The movie is an exemplar of memorable intersections: of the dreaded Mara Salvatrucha gang with dysfunctional youngsters in the slums of Central America; of the members of the Mara Salvatrucha with the poor migrants heading north; of humanity with inhumanity on the train-top, even as the vicious gang members prey on them; of an unhappy ending with a happy ending; of fine acting and deft direction with a plausible, contemporary story that viewers can easily relate to. Continue reading »
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