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Reviews
Morning of the Earth (1972)
A significant Australian cultural artifact with a universal message about what it means to be truly alive and free.
This work of art has not aged at all, if anything after fifty years its message has become even more important as we pass through a time of overbearing government and interference in our lives. The film depicts a very Australian appreciation for freedom and direct communion with the universe. There is a particularly Zen flow to it as the footage capture surfers in "the now" during their pilgrimages to ride great waves. It is simultaneously so very down to earth and unsophisticated yet it still stands as a spiritual statement as profound as any mysterious gnostic text. The images are paired with a soundtrack that points out the message for you, just in case you didn't just tune in and "get it" directly. May we return to those halcyon days, and never allow them to be taken from us again.
Cry Macho (2021)
You don't get to judge this movie, it will judge you.
Your response to Cry Macho is very much a measure of you as a human, it either resonates with you or it does not. If you cannot experience its depth it may be that you need to stop over intellectualising and instead let yourself plunge into its emotional and spiritual depths, experience it. Don't be so macho that you don't have the courage and the wisdom to allow it to make you feel. I don't see the point of discussing the details of the movie, you either want to spend some time in another man's shoes, and perhaps learn a thing or two, or you do not. Thank you Clint, I am in your debt.