Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site spar.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amdcad!decwrl!spar!ellis From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Passage to India Message-ID: <84@spar.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 07:52:09 EST Article-I.D.: spar.84 Posted: Wed Feb 13 07:52:09 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 20:21:45 EST Reply-To: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA Lines: 24 I left this movie with the feeling it was the finest I'd seen in years! There are some elements of `Passage to India' that some may call faults, namely, for its length there is little plot and character development, and that many things are never made exactly clear. This film should appeal to you, however, if you feel humans are properly somewhat antlike creatures who are simply forced to respond to larger unseen forces, and that the world is an unknowable and indeterminate, though stikingly beautiful, place. A pleasant surprise was the subtle and unnoticeable musical score, which caused mental interference only while the initial and final credits were being shown -- a welcome relief from the bombastic musical themes that marred `Dr. Zhivago' and `Lawrence of Arabia'. The major characters in the story (to me), namely unknowable cosmic forces, were drawn into the story more effectively and disturbingly than I have ever seen presented before. Breathtaking images of the sun, moon and stars repeatedly underline key moments in the film. Moments before a violent event in the plot, a huge terrifying shot of the moon suddenly fills the screen. -michael