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The Color Purple (1985)
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Steven Spielberg, proving he's one of the few modern filmmakers who has the visual fluency to be capable of making a great silent film, took a melodramatic, D.W. Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel. His tactics made the film controversial, but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather belts banging against the head of the shaking bed. In a way it's a...
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The Color Purple Movie Review by Jarrod  (8/3/2007) |
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'The Color Purple' is initially a sad and depressing story of a woman trapped in an abusive marriage, and the eventual triumph of her liberation. Based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel by Alice Walker, and directed by Steven Spielberg (a controversial choice for some), 'The Color Purple' is inspiring and compelling,...
(complete The Color Purple review by Jarrod)
I am not a Spielberg person, I find his films to be audience-attracting, lame-ending fare that don't really appeal to those who know life is not always gum drops and happy endings.
That said, this is probably his best film. Based on Alice Walker's great book, it tells the story of Southern black women trying to stand up...
(complete The Color Purple review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| The Color Purple Movie Review by Margo (2/23/2006) |
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This could be the most robbed movie in the history of the Oscars, garnering 14 nominations and coming away with nothing.
It was vindicated, though. Becoming more beloved than it's chief rival that year, Out of Africa.
It is schmaltzy, but it works. You feel for the characters, all of which are stunningly acted. You feel...
(complete The Color Purple review by Margo)
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