I am officially labeling El Niño Que Gritó Puta one of the greatest films ever made. Just finished watching it and could hardly describe what I feel - in fact it worries me a bit as I am afraid that the review of the film is going to be a bit more emotional than usual . But that is a good thing - isn`t it ?When the set the film in my DVD player I had no idea that it would be that powerful. Indeed the first scenes are quite misleading - and it rather reminded me of Twelve and Holding. What impressed me straight away was the film soundtrack - composed by Wendy Blackstone it was powerful and really which emphasizes the drama of a story. At first we see boys fooling around and their mother obviously is unable to control them - first they are too wild and then they seemed to luck much respect to her. It is those scenes in which we are introduced to the young protagonist of the film the 12-year-old Harley Cross who delivers a first class performance as a confused and psychotic adolescent. We first see him as capricious and impulsive young lad but learn a lot more about him as the story develops.It must have been quite challenging for him to play such a complicated role. His facial expressions , his eyes - I can assure you that you are going to remember them for a long time after seeing the film.I would like to quote of of my favorite movie reviewers Marc Savlov who in his review of The Boys Who Cried Bitch excellently described the talents of Harley Cross :“Harley Cross, as Dan, has managed to tap into a gold mine of talent. He’s all ticks, stutters, gleaming eyes and mood swings, thoroughly convincing as a juvenile psychotic, while at the same time imbuing his character with a terrible inner sadness and confusion.It’s rare to see a young actor come across so convincingly in such a deep and powerful role, but Cross is a master of the game here, and Dan Love is as believable as a gunshot in the night. ” (link to the original review of Marc Savlov)Of course Harley Cross is not t...
I am officially labeling El Niño Que Gritó Puta one of the greatest films ever made. Just finished watching it and could hardly describe what I feel - in fact it worries me a bit as I am afraid that the review of the film is going to be a bit more emotional than usual . But that is a good thing - isn`t it ?
When the set the film in my DVD player I had no idea that it would be that powerful. Indeed the first scenes are quite misleading - and it rather reminded me of Twelve and Holding. What impressed me straight away was the film soundtrack - composed by Wendy Blackstone it was powerful and really which emphasizes the drama of a story. At first we see boys fooling around and their mother obviously is unable to control them - first they are too wild and then they seemed to luck much respect to her. It is those scenes in which we are introduced to the young protagonist of the film the 12-year-old Harley Cross who delivers a first class performance as a confused and psychotic adolescent. We first see him as capricious and impulsive young lad but learn a lot more about him as the story develops.It must have been quite challenging for him to play such a complicated role. His facial expressions , his eyes - I can assure you that you are going to remember them for a long time after seeing the film.
I would like to quote of of my favorite movie reviewers Marc Savlov who in his review of The Boys Who Cried Bitch excellently described the talents of Harley Cross :
“Harley Cross, as Dan, has managed to tap into a gold mine of talent. He’s all ticks, stutters, gleaming eyes and mood swings, thoroughly convincing as a juvenile psychotic, while at the same time imbuing his character with a terrible inner sadness and confusion.
It’s rare to see a young actor come across so convincingly in such a deep and powerful role, but Cross is a master of the game here, and Dan Love is as believable as a gunshot in the night. ” (link to the original review of Ma