tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post1341003634637005786..comments2024-03-26T20:30:14.110-07:00Comments on Cinematic Catharsis: June Quick Picks and PansBarry P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-46494307045350062302015-07-01T09:21:47.697-07:002015-07-01T09:21:47.697-07:00I have seen White Dog, it did get circulated here,...I have seen White Dog, it did get circulated here, through cinema clubs, 77 ish, sometime like that. Cinematically, it's not a particularly fine film, suffering, as it does from 70's production standards and conventions. The 70's when the perfunctory attention to realism of TV, crept into film far too readily. Where it is strong, is with the narrative, it's not what you'd expect, not the usual morality tale: isn't racism bad? Now nod everyone. If it were as easily reconciled as that, it would probably have been rehabilitated by now. It's far more grounded in reality than that, it evokes a visceral sense of disgust and realisation. Top marks go to Paul Winfield, who as ever, give it everything, I can't imagine the film working at all without his contribution. It was a risky project, with slim chance of successful realisation, thank's to Winfield it does succeed in part.<br /><br />It's worth a gander but don't expect to leave with any warm cosy feeling about how enlightened and tolerant you are, in the face of an easily externalised reality. This narrative has two very sharp edges, if one doesn't cut you, the other will.DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.com