Review of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) by Agatinoz. — 29 Nov 2006
It is so sad when a Wonderful film passes by almost unnoticed. The way this movie is structured, in fragments, that come and go according to the characters feelings and ethics is keeps the storyline original.
The quiet acting, the vistas, the rights and wrongs. And the notion that a man like Pete Perkins has long disapeared from the face of the earth, says so much about how a society has lost touch with humanity.
In Pete Perkins' care of the decaying body of Melquiades we find more respect for human beings than in any real life characters. Along with Eastwood's Unforgiven and Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, the West has moved into the sunset that the early films were anticipating.
I congratulate Tommy Lee Jones, for he has created a modern quiet masterpiece.
This review of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) was written by Agatinoz. on 29 Nov 2006.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada has generally received very positive reviews.
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