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The Intruder (1962)
Words can not describe the emotions that this film elicits!
I wholeheartedly agree with pjmuck's review. The movie does deal with racism. The plot is delivered in a "far from contrived" manner. The movie is believable and makes (not meant to offend) the movie To Kill a Mockingbird's delivery as tame as a Disney short.
What you are not being told is the history behind this movie. It has been released and released under many names including it's original name "I Hate Your Guts" and then "Shame". The reason for this is because the movie is so realistic, it is taboo and is disturbing.
Please note: It's not gory disturbing, it's people disturbing; you can actually believe that a small community of individuals will react as this community does to the suggestions of an outsider, William Shatner.
And the performance from Shatner, my lord!, you will not believe it's William Shatner!
If you are a film buff, buy the DVD, don't even bother renting. The VHS went Out Of Print Quickly, I am not going to miss owning this on DVD. Great viewing!
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Incomplete!
A wonderful cast, great acting, great sets and sensational filming.
Though I highly recommend seeing this movie, one would hope that there is another ending or version of this film that never made it to the final cutting because they lost the footage or because the people in the focus groups involved in the previewing of this film were also anti-depressants test subjects for Merck and were disturbed by the original ending, so marketing softened it.
Read the other reviews, know that you will be pulled into this world of puppeteering & portals, but also know that the ending is a great disappointment.
This film had great potential. Applause to the cast and crew, but whoever made the final decision as to the ending of this film should stay after school.