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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Passage to India
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Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 07:52:09 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 13 07:52:09 1985
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Reply-To: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
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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