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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
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Release date: 26 March 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780790729718 UPC: 085391153429
Release date: 26 March 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780790729718 UPC: 085391153429
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