Monday, July 28, 2008

Patty Hearst (1988)

An account of the kidnapping of a wealthy young woman by a minuscule terrorist group and her subsequent joining in that group's activities.

This seems irreproachable at first analysis in strict storytelling terms, and yet there is something frustrating about the film which I can only express as being related to the non-cinematic quality of what is shown. This film draws a strong XXth century parallel to the XIXth century social behavior analysis in Duel at Diablo (1966).

Rating: 51

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