Looks like a pretty quiet week in DVD release world....The Bank Job, , a fairly interesting heist film will be out. This English piece is based on a the actual 1971 robbery of Lloyds' of London. Good action, but the pacing was annoying, saved, however, by good performances and direction.
Penelope, an interesting little rom-com starring Christina Ricci, makes its small screen debut. A sort of princess and the frog story, it is a fun and lighthearted way to pass 90 minutes or so....
The Year My Parents Went of Vacation is probably the highlight of the week. This story covers the story of 12-year-old Mauro who is left to fend for himself when his parents go "on vacation" during the military regime in 1970s Brazil...a classic coming-of-age story unfolds. Filled with warmth, love, heroism, nostalgia and humor', says Video ETA, and rightfully so.
On the small tube tomorrow is a very interesting sounding documentary which will screen on POV, a PBS show, The Last Conquistador. This is the story of the enormous and ugly statue of Juan de Onate that greets visitors at the El Paso International Airport. Without the input of American Indians, the city of El Paso and artist John Houser worked on the sculpture of Onate, whose history includes the slaughter of 800 American Indians at the Acoma Pueblo in northern New Mexico, in retribution for the killings of a about 15 Spaniards who were killed in a revolt by the Acoma, who were trying to rid themselves of the invaders. Additionally, by Onate's decree, 80 Acoma men had their left foot amputated.
When a much smaller statue of Onate was raised and praised in Espanola, NM about 10 years ago, person or persons unknown 'amputated' the left foot of this cowardly murderer as a reminder to what history really shows.
Should be an interesting watch to see how they justify the placement of this obtrusive monument to a mass murderer.
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