Unlike the strictly crass and oh-so-safe commercial film-making done here in the West, foreign filmmakers very often step up and put themselves on the line. It's to be envied. (Not emulated- not HERE- but certainly to be envied...) (Just for the record: with the exception of a couple of documentaries, there hasn't been anything done TO DATE about the disaster in New Orleans; no drama, nothing. How's THAT for feckless film-making...?) Having once tried to rescue a woman from a situation not unlike the one presented in BLIND MOUNTAIN, I can say without fear of contradiction that these situations exist even in THIS country and that the reasons are too many to enumerate. BLIND MOUNTAIN rings true, unfortunately. It's worth a nice long look.
Review of Blind Mountain
