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Jeff:
I’m delighted you wrote about The Island (AKA Ostrov), the movie which has been on my mind for weeks now, ever since I watched it twice through in short order. Superlatives miss the mark. For all its quiet lack of pretension, this is an astonishing film in every way.
Brian
Congrats Jeffrey. Based on your Tweet I posted a blog entry commemorating the occasion.
I saw the headline and thought for a horrifying moment that you were praising the Michael Bay movie The Island. But this Russian Island sounds good. I’ll have to check it out sometime.
Not to discourage anyone from subscribing to Film Movement, since it sounds like a good company, but it looks like all of their movies become available as Netflix Watch Instantly titles after their public release.
Actually, it turns out that Netflix has an exclusive partnership with Film Movement, so maybe it’s ok. Read their press release here: http://www.netflix.com/MediaCenter?id=5259
That may be… but then you don’t get to keep the movie. And the short film that comes with each release. And the extras…
About The Island, you wrote,
“The Island is one of the most provocative parables to reach American moviegoers in years.”
After watching the movie and reading this, I was wondering what the story is a parable for. Who represents who/what? Even though I didn’t catch the parable part, I did love the movie and saw it twice! Thanks for finding the “diamonds in the rough.”