Interpreter (DVD)

the interpreter was slated by movie critics and i cant understand why! i saw it twice at the cinema and encouraged my mates to go see and they all liked it. being a languages student and taking an interest in the UN i found the setting of the movie very interesting. its a good action/thriller and doesnt require all that much concentration to follow which is great if you are after some entertainment on saturday night in front of the tv. directed by the late and amazingly talented director sydnet pollack, this film is quite a philosophical take on life and love intertwined with some explosive action sequences and tense moments. the film is quite predictable. the dvd has an ...

The story starts in South Africa, to the sounds of tribal singing, with three men in a car, driving up to an old derelict football stadium…the Black African driver and the white Afrikaans passenger get out but ask the photographer to stay in the car. The two men go into the stadium and are met by 3 young black children – one of whom take them to a dark room which is filled with the stench of the dead bodies lying there. Suddenly there is a shout and the men rush out only to be shot dead by the children. The photographer witnesses this but manages to hide. Now you may be thinking I have given away a lot but this all happens within the first 5 minutes of the ...

Tag: “The Truth Needs No Translation” Matobo, Africa, a fictional country that could be called an equivalent of the real world Zimbabwe. A country ruled with a iron rod by a president who murders his opponents and civilians at will. Villages are devastated with most of the inhabitants slaughtered or ‘missing’. A reporter, his photographer and a guide turn up for a meeting at an abandoned football stadium. Inside three kids are playing football; they show the two men (the photographer staying outside) a pile of bodies hidden in the stadium. Shots are fired and the photographer runs, scared and not sure what happened, but fearing the ...