Where the Green Ants Dream
by Werner Herzog
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Actor: Bruce Spence; Wandjuk Marika; Roy MarikaDirector: Werner Herzog
Brand: Tango Entertainment, Inc
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Tango Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Where the Green Ants Dream
Movie Review: Well Meaning, but...
Summary: 2 Stars
I have a great deal of respect for Werner Herzog and have been moved by many of his films, but unfortunately this isn't one of them.
Stunning visuals. The Australian Bush is an amazing sight. An Aboriginal face has something about it that makes you think you're looking back through all 40,000 years of their history, into something wise and mystical.
"Are you enjoying the movie?" I was asked after 30 minutes.
"I'm still waiting for it to start."
I'm sorry, but there is a sole conflict throughout. A timely conflict, a timely topic, a very important and worthwhile cause for consideration. But alas, the characters are as flat as the landscape, and the resolution of the plot is one you can predict before you finish reading the cover blurb.
Summary of Where the Green Ants Dream
Hailed as a Masterpiece of Modern Cinema.In the wilds of Australia aboriginal tribes observe their ancient legends and laws evolved over 40000 years. Their culture is threatened by a giant corporation that wants to mine in one of their aborigines' holiest sites - the place 'where the green ants dream'. As long as those dreams remain uninterrupted the aboriginal culture will survive but if the mining company executives succeed with their plan to destroy the holy ground the aborigines believe that their civilization - and the earth will perish. Thus starts a revolt by the world of dreams against an impatient civilization that seems to want everything but understands nothing.System Requirements:Running Time 105 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating:?R UPC:?844628010450 Manufacturer No:?TE1045Director Werner Herzog is famous for the deranged physical feats he captures in his movies, but Where the Green Ants Dream tackles an even greater challenge: The gap between the Western mind and Australian aboriginal cosmology. In the Australian outback, a geologist for a mining company (Bruce Spence, The Road Warrior, Aquamarine) finds his work obstructed by aborigines who tell him that his explosive tests will disrupt the dreaming of the green ants and wreak havoc on humanity. The mining company tries to mollify the aborigines, but they implacably resist. The confrontation escalates to a lawsuit argued before the Australian supreme court (which is based on the first legal battle over aboriginal land rights). This may sound dry--and much of the film is bathed in gusts of red Australian dust--but throughout the film, the geologist struggles to communicate with the aborigines and grasp the fundamentally different perception of the world. His glimpse (and ours) of this other worldview turns Western civilization on its side and leads the geologist to question his whole life. Herzog (Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Grizzly Man) isn't subtle, but that doesn't diminish the often hypnotic power of his images, from footage of tornados to the faces of the aborigines, gentle as water yet as firm as stones. This is a worthy addition to Herzog's difficult, thrilling, maddening, and ultimately rewarding body of work. --Bret Fetzer
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