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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Romero

1989, in 11 parts



I originally saw this at the Aquarius Theater in Palo Alto. After the film ended, people rose and left and were absolutely speechless. This is one of the most moving films I have ever seen.

If it seems a bit small it its scope its because it was filmed at improvised sites in Mexico. They tried to film at the actual sites in El Salvador, but the got kicked out.