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OUT OF AFRICA (1993, VHS)
I copied this movie off cable when it was first shown and when it wore out I bought this. To begin with I love the period, the genre but mostly the fast-vanishing character Meryl Streep so aptly portrays. The compassionate courage displayed in whipping down a lion, a beast the character feared in the extreme in ealier scenes; the heightened sense of true inner morality in the midst of her very human life struggles; the love, sense of responsibility and humility depicted by the kneeling in front of authorities for the sake of the people who have served her and whom she as good as adopted to care for. The resiliency in the face of gross betrayal by a husband whom she was beginning to love, in the loss of her coffee plantation. The resciprocated love and devotion of her servants and the respect of all who came to know her is earned. Robert Redford's character on the other hand did not deserve her, falling far short of hers. Wanting an affair with her he suggested she go on a safari with him and went so far as to ignore her plea, "if you like me a little don't ask this of me." That she had to argue with him later to marry her provides further proof of his 'boyness', his inability to see or much less respect her values, her character.. He seems to think his mere desire for her equals love. No doubt she gained something she needed from that affair in her otherwise grim existence, but it was a pittance of what she deserved. For me this movie is heart breaking, heart warming and uplifting all at the same time every time I see it; much akin to visiting dear old friends.Read full review...
The Last Classic
This movie is the last of the classics. It's a portal to the colonial era through the the eyes of a Dutch Princess played by Meryl Streep who gets so bored with life that she marries a man she hates and gets thrill by cultivating and in Africa. Finally, she finds her true love in the wilderness of Africa where her soul becomes free under the companionship of a vagabond safari played by Robert Redford. A good VHS to keep the memories of the classic era of family movies.Read full review...
great movie
great acting by robert redford and meryl strep and such sorrow in the end
but could not have ended other wise
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