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I just saw a glorious little film called "Raising Victor Vargas." It was extremely tender, supremely patient, and maddeningly refreshing.
Yesterday, I sat through about 3/4 of the big Hollywood film S.W.A.T. It was incredibly awful. Damn near unwatchable - in fact, closer: I stopped watching. Couldn't bear to sit through the predictable ending. Garbage.
I shit you not: A 13 year-old no name with a minor part in Raising Victor Vargas gave a better performance than EVERY ACTOR in SWAT, including Samuel L. Jackson, who was awful.
Whenever I see a little film like Raising Victor Vargas, I remember why the movies are so fabulous, why cinema more or less stands over our culture as the total art work. No doubt, it cost a fraction - a small fraction - of what it cost to make SWAT. And it was beautiful. A beautiful film.
Any other comparisons out there?
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