himmelfahrstrasse
The beginning scene where this guy is stuffing his face like a dumb animal. WHO eats like that??? pretty dumb.. Whenever I see someone eat like that, I think they cannot be too intelligent, because that's how dogs eat. Why would they cast a retard like this guy who eats like a dog. I just cannot get over that scene.
rehsur
Does the work of our hands give us any right? A piece of paper says it doesn't. Generations of sacrifice says it does. A whole life dedicated to the patient creation of -in words of the peasant- "a living thing", the field, bonds the man with the land. This question is the core of this excellent movie, located in a small Irish town, with the opposing characters of the catholic priest, the policeman, the proprietor and the wealthy man on one side, and the common people on the other. Richard Harris is enormous as the main character, and the cast is excellent. The only flaw of the movie is the ending, which is simply ridiculous, since it's capricious and it actually looks as if the priest of the story had written it, as a moralistic message, a cosmic punishment. Too bad, but you can skip the last minute.
Lee Eisenberg
Having just directed "My Left Foot", Jim Sheridan directed "The Field", an adaptation of John B. Keane's 1965 play about a tough farmer trying to hold on to the land that he rents in 1930s Ireland. Richard Harris's Bull McCabe is a real bull in every sense; he's almost not the sort of person who should even have a family. When an American businessman (Tom Berenger) tries to buy the land, Bull takes drastic measures. Much of the story revolves around what we find out about what happened in Bull's family.At times, "The Field" is an unpleasant movie to watch. Of course, that shows what a good movie it is. We see the hardships faced by the Irish (while hearing stories of the Potato Famine) and also get to see some great shots of the Emerald Isle's countryside. This is one movie that I highly recommend.Also starring Sean Bean (Boromir in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy), John Hurt, Brenda Fricker (Mrs. Brown in "My Left Foot"), Frances Tomelty (Sting's first wife), and brief appearances by Brendan Gleeson and Malachy McCourt (the brother of "Angela's Ashes" author Frank McCourt).
futures-1
"The Field": Starring 1990 Oscar Nominee for Best Actor Richard Harris, Sean Bean, John Hurt, Brenda Fricker, Frances Tomelty, and Tom Berenger. This is the stuff of the Epics. Think novels with the Hugeness of Vision by Thomas Hardy, John Steinbeck, or Herman Melville; the Tales of the Greeks or Shakespeare; and the operas of Wagner. HUGE visions. All of this is hidden in a little story about an Irishman who rents a 3 acre plot of land? It only stays hidden for so long. Richard Harris is fantastic as an aging man who feels disconnected to all but "his" beautiful, green, beloved (leased) plot of land, which was worked by his father before him and his father before him. Alas, his son (Sean Bean) seems hesitant to carry it on. If that isn't bad enough for a man who sees nothing as more important than tradition and love for the land, along comes an American (Tom Berenger) with a whole new idea for this property, and soon makes the legal owner an offer of purchase. The little story becomes bigger – then Bigger – and BIGGER – all the way to HUGE. It has a straight-ahead, linear movement that not only seems to imply warnings, but unstoppable Karma. Like all good Epics, it is full of lessons – about vice, virtue, evil, wisdom, warnings, tragedy, potential redemption, and reminders about what is good & bad, right & wrong, fair & unfair. You'll also love the landscapes.
