A Great and Beautiful Film

Where the Green Ants Dream

Like Fred, I was attracted to the film for its title.  I saw it some time ago.  And I must say that the only thing that stuck with me were several lovely, preternaturally lovely, images of green ants that occur throughout.  I may need to revisit, but I'll probably live with those images--rightly remembered or no, as my legacy from it.

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  1. FredJanuary 26, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Steven,

    What stays with me are the faces of the Aborigines. Herzog has the camera linger on them much longer than on the white faces. It's almost as though they are a force of nature and not ephemeral beings such as we "civilized people" are. They are rooted solidly while we are transients, if that makes any sense.

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  2. StevenJanuary 26, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    Dear Fred,

    As I noted, it has been a long time since last I saw this--so I'll want to see it again and note what you're saying here. It continues a kind of "noble savage" thread that Herzog has in several films, so it wouldn't at all surprise me.

    shalom,

    Steven

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  3. FredJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    Steven,

    Interesting. I wasn't thinking of "noble" when I saw the film--just the sense of their presence.

    Just wanted to thank you for helping me finish the post. I felt that I hadn't said everything I wanted to say about the film, and I kept going back and reading it. It wasn't until you commented on the images you remembered that I realized what it was I wanted to include. So, I went back and added a postscript to the commentary, part of which is what I wrote in my first comment here.

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