Roland Joffé's The Mission.
For me to recommend a movie is a HUGE deal. I'm not a movie buff. In fact, I have a tendency to fall asleep during movies, but I stayed wide awake for this entire movie (even though I was exhausted). If anyone sees it or has already seen it, I would love to hear your comments on it.
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seen it before. inspiring. great soundtrack as well.
yeah that movie kicks some serious butt... I have the soundtrack too
Ennio Morricone's soundtrack has just as much a huge influence too--I have it :).
It's a great movie, and one that deals with a lot of issues that still have relevance today both on the individual and social levels...did you like the cameos of future stars like Liam Neeson? And Robert DeNiro isn't all weird too. My fave scenes are the ones where DeNiro's character has his burden released by the Guarani, and the last scene where he wonders if non-violence will "win."
I did some research on this very period of time, and it was actually a more prolonged period of conflict with the Spanish against the Jesuit and Indians. The conflict lasted 11 years!
I know all about you falling asleep during movies from that now infamous film class we took at UCLA. Oh wait, or was I the one always snoring away?
Zzzzzz . . .
Glad you stayed away for this one. I've never seen it, but have heard nothing but good things about it.
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