Thursday, April 17, 2014

My 150 Favorite Movies - #136

The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

Set in Indonesia during the overthrow of President Sukarno, the title comes from the famous Italian phrase "vivere pericolosamente," which Sukarno borrowed during his Independence Day speech of 1964. Actress Linda Hunt was the first woman to win an Academy Award for playing a man. I recall her Oscar speech as being quite touching, here is an excerpt: There was an Indonesian phrase in the film which translates into English as "water from the moon." And it means that which is unattainable, the impossible, that which one can never have or know. Making "The Year of Living Dangerously" for me was "water from the moon."

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