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Title: South African Classics: Katrina (1969) Post by: Trevor on August 01, 2012, 02:18:47 AM One of the all time best films made in South Africa: a searing indictment of the horrors of the apartheid laws and the tragic life story of a woman who falls in love with an alcoholic minister, only to have her past come back to haunt her and then kill her.
Devastating, emotional and if you don't shed a tear at the end, you don't have a soul at all. Title: Re: South African Classics: Katrina (1969) Post by: Pilgermann on August 02, 2012, 01:55:18 AM Thanks for bringing some of these films to our attention! I'll have to check this out sometime.
Title: Re: South African Classics: Katrina (1969) Post by: Trevor on August 02, 2012, 02:34:46 AM Thanks for bringing some of these films to our attention! I'll have to check this out sometime. No problem: KATRINA can be bought at www.kalahari.com/dvd/Katrina/2/33927089.aspx (http://www.kalahari.com/dvd/Katrina/2/33927089.aspx) :teddyr: More to come and all available to buy at the above online store. Title: Re: South African Classics: Katrina (1969) Post by: Newt on August 06, 2012, 04:32:19 PM I just now finished watching Katrina. It has something of a Greek tragedy about it, but is very much about the humanity of those involved. I don't think an outsider could have made this film at all: there is depth and complexity in perspectives here that well might have evaded capture. I can see why both 'sides' on the issue of apartheid found they could appreciate - even praise - it as a film. Thank you Trevor!
Title: Re: South African Classics: Katrina (1969) Post by: Trevor on August 07, 2012, 01:32:12 AM I just now finished watching Katrina. It has something of a Greek tragedy about it, but is very much about the humanity of those involved. In those days, if a SA filmmaker wanted to get a message across, he/she would have to sneak the message in: witness Jannie Totsiens presenting the 1970 SA situation in the form of functioning lunatics in an asylum. :buggedout: Quote I don't think an outsider could have made this film at all: there is depth and complexity in perspectives here that well might have evaded capture. I can see why both 'sides' on the issue of apartheid found they could appreciate - even praise - it as a film. Now you see why I loathe films like Cry Freedom and Lethal Weapon 2 made by filmmakers who ignore their own countries' troubles and focus on us instead.................Hey: I just got two ideas for two reviews! :teddyr: Quote Thank you Trevor! My pleasure: a film made by two mentors of mine for a special lady. :smile: |