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General Minor 
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TITLE |
Down
Came a Blackbird (1995) (TV Film) |
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DISABILITY |
General
Traumatic shock Torture |
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NOTES |
This film is
as pretentious as the title. And as for the blackbird it's a long
time coming down. More the pity then that this is Raoul
Julia's last film and he looks as ill as he must have been. Yet he
still has great presence. The movement in the film is
awkward, slow, full of pauses as though the scenes are improvised. |
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The setting
is a clinic for the victims of torture run by a |
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psychiatrist
played by Vanessa Redgrave. |
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Laura Dern
is a reporter who has also been the victim of |
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torture and
goes to the clinic to interview Redgrave. but |
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Redgrave
makes the condition that Dern joins the |
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'programme'.
There's a lot of talk, a lot of stories told and |
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you're
quickly bored out of your mind. |
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Laura Dern
was one of the producers and I'd say it's her |
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