Beyond Rangoon

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma. After losing her passport at a political rally, she is left on her own for a few days, during which time she falls in with students fighting for democracy. She and their leader travel through Burma, whilst witnessing many bloody acts of repression by the dictatorship, in an attempt to escape to Thailand. Never heard of the film? It was a marginal critic"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma. After losing her passport at a political rally, she is left on her own for a few days, during which time she falls in with students fighting for democracy. She and their leader travel through Burma, whilst witnessing many bloody acts of repression by the dictatorship, in an attempt to escape to Thailand. Never heard of the film? It was a marginal critic"

“(BluRay) Boorman se entrega al ritmo y a la pasión libertaria de su historia antidictadura, que hace revivir a la devastada Patricia Arquette (quizá faltó una mejor actriz) y plegarse casi hasta la cursilería a una causa que se le presenta casi como una epifanía...” read more

An average movie

“To be honest, it is a rather obscure movie and it has been ages since I have seen it. In fact, I even saw the damned thing in the movie theater when it was released, probably because the lovely Patricia Arquette was involved. Indeed, just a year before, she gave her breakthrough performance in ‘True Romance’ and she was pretty much on the A list at the time. Eventually, the most interesting thing about this movie is that it was dealing with Myanmar (back then, it was still called Burma), one of the most closed lands in the world, especially back then in 90’s. To be honest, before watching this movie, I had actually no idea what was going on in this country so, only for this, it was already worth watching the damned thing. Unfortunately, they used the old gimmick of having a Western c” read more