Review of Out of Africa (1985) by Lilah K — 04 May 2008
Out of Africa is the movie of my life. I was a teenager when I had watched it first and whenever smth that challenges me in life comes up, I think of Karen Blixen and her resilience and I pick myself up.
It depicts all the dificulties life holds for women, even if they come from an adventageous background. I always wished that I had a love like Karen's and Denys' and wished it lasted. Even though, set on a clonial background the story does not fall into the trap of depicting solely the colonialist perspective and it holds many life lessons for me.
I can never forget its scenes, but a few of the most striking were; when Karen refuses to move in town and drives the caravan to the Broar's camp, during that visit when the lions attack the prey, how she fights and how Farah tells her, God is playing with us memsaheb, where the old tribe leader says that children above a certain height should not attend to the school she establishes and Farah explains her that if children younger but physically apt know more than he does his authority will be undermined, when Karen gets nack from her cure in Denmark a little girl gives her a tiny owl (the symbol of wisdom), when Karen pays her dues to Denys in the graveyard, when Farah bids farewell to Karen, the sceneery and the lions, oh yes the lions.
They are all engraved in my mind. It is the only movie I will watch until the end of my life over and over again and still will enjoy. I will forever be thankful to the crew of this movie and Sydney Pollack.
May you be blessed.
This review of Out of Africa (1985) was written by Lilah K on 04 May 2008.
Out of Africa has generally received positive reviews.
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