Without a great deal of background into the confusing politics in Greece over the past decades, it is sufficient to know that this country is the cradle of democracy. It is the origin of the word itself. Watch this film with that one thought in mind. Z will influence your views on politics and the importance of preserving democracy and participating in government for the rest of your life.
What occurs in Z has happened before, is happening now, and will happen again in different countries to varying degrees. An individual's awareness of this fact is vitally important, just as participating in government is vitally important.
There are movies that come along every once in a great while that should be seen by everyone. They should be, perhaps, a mandatory part of one's high school civics curriculum. Z is one of those films.
The Internet Movie Database has a list of the 250 most popular movies of all time. The list is a mixed bag. Some movies are there because tons of people saw them and - like popular novels - they had a story line that was fun and engrossing (the Godfather movies, Star Wars, Indiana Jones); other films are on the list because they changed filmmaking itself (Citizen Kane, Hitchcock, Star Wars); and finally there are movies that change our hearts forever. Saving Private Ryan, To Kill a Mockingbird, Schindler's List.
Z should be there. If only more people had seen it.
What occurs in Z has happened before, is happening now, and will happen again in different countries to varying degrees. An individual's awareness of this fact is vitally important, just as participating in government is vitally important.
There are movies that come along every once in a great while that should be seen by everyone. They should be, perhaps, a mandatory part of one's high school civics curriculum. Z is one of those films.
The Internet Movie Database has a list of the 250 most popular movies of all time. The list is a mixed bag. Some movies are there because tons of people saw them and - like popular novels - they had a story line that was fun and engrossing (the Godfather movies, Star Wars, Indiana Jones); other films are on the list because they changed filmmaking itself (Citizen Kane, Hitchcock, Star Wars); and finally there are movies that change our hearts forever. Saving Private Ryan, To Kill a Mockingbird, Schindler's List.
Z should be there. If only more people had seen it.