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Average Rating:  out of 6 Reviews
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Sale: $12.79
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UPC (Universal Product Code): 889028051962
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EAN (European Article Number): 0889028051962
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Binding: DVD
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Publication Date: 2002
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Description: PLOT SUMMARY: In El Salvador, the new bishop speaks out against the death squads and the terror campaign the government is using in an attempt to crush the guerilla war that is being waged against them. This is seen as disloyality and the number of priests attacked goes up and even churches are shut down by the government. Based on a true story, Romero was assassinated in March, 1980.
[IMDB - John Vogel]
REVIEW:
"Romero" is about injustice in the world but presents this theme without "preaching." It draws in the viewer through the excellent performance of Raul Julia (rest his soul! he is missed!). "Romero" is also about class differences and the intolerance of the powerful towards social change. It's a great film for teaching Americans about what life is like in the rest of the world. It's a Hollywood film that managed not to go Hollywood. [kserbin, San Diego]
++++ This officially licensed South Korean NTSC all-region release provides 4:3 (fullscreen) display, Dolby Digital 2.0 Digital Stero and Surround Sound - in English (also includes Spanish Language track), optional subtitles in English, Spanish and Korean. SPECIAL FEATURES include Scene Access, Cast & Crew Interviews, Deleted Scene.
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: The most powerful movie I've ever seen |
Date: 2008-10-21 |
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Details: I'm not Latin, or Catholic, or poor or privileged, so I watched this as a complete outsider. The late Raul Julia was astonishing as Oscar Romero and there's no other word for it. His conversion from the bookish don't-make-waves bishop to the fighter for the poor and repressed is utterly believable and unforgettable in its power and conviction. Every supporting actor in this film, from the late Richard Jordan as the priest whose murder begins Romero's conversion to Tony Plana as the priest turned guerilla who completes it, seems equally devoted to seeing that this story is told exceedingly well. I will never forget this film. |
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Review Summary: Deeply Moving Reminder of What Others Suffer Around Us |
Date: 2008-05-16 |
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Details: Raul Julia's performance is deeply moving and perhaps unforgettable as the Archbishop Romero whose assassination shocked the world. ---- This film is a brutal yet beautifully done reminder of what people have suffered and are suffering in other countries, people who do not have the daily blessings we enjoy in the United States. ---- The political issues are obviously complex, and the controversy about "liberation theology" goes on, but the story of this one man, so well adapted here, is something that we should face. The film moves slowly, yet gracefully. It is starkly realistic and at times raw and chilling, and overwhelming. The faith of Romero, his transformation in the face of the suffering he witnesses, is an inspiration. ---- The film can make one very uncomfortable for giving us a view of a world we would like to put out of our thoughts, either because we feel helpless or we simply don't want to accept how good our lives are here, and how much has to be done for the world's poor and the world's oppressed. This is very strong, this material, and it is worth seeing for Julia's performance alone. It should move us to action, even if action is no more than a small donation for the poor. The film has left me deeply troubled, but better for having seen it. |
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Review Summary: oscar arnulfo romero live forever |
Date: 2008-03-06 |
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Details: I can't describe the contend of this dvd which is a nice documental to me, and which is not even close to real repression and abused fron the gobermen of E.S. with the help of tio caiman [money & guns ] this movie bring memories of how el salvador is small in land but big in the heart. I recomended this movie to all people . this is a classic |
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Review Summary: Romero |
Date: 2008-01-09 |
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Details: This inspiring film is carried by the powerful portrayal by Raul Julia of the courageous archbishop of El Salvador , Oscar Romero who was assassinated by the military junta supported, armed and funded by the US.
The film shows a reluctant hero who is catapalted from political complacency with the exploitative ruling class into an outspoken voice for the persecuted poor of El Salvador.
The ultra-conservative Romero was chosen to be archbishop by the Vatican because he was expected to maintain the status quo. (Pope John Paul's II obsession with anti-communism was the impetus behind the Vatican's determination to eradicate liberation theology- the spiritual movement that promoted justice for the poor based on the Gospels.)
The religious term 'metanoia'means a radical change of heart and Raul Julia sensitively and intensely captures this spiritual event within Romero after his priest-friend is extrajudicially murdered.
Romero's emerging courage to be the voice of the voiceless in the face of a violent state adversary is inspiring and teaches us that the timid, the conservative can rise up against injustice. Must rise up to end the suffering of the persecuted poor.
A significant follow up book, is Disturbing the Peace, the story of Fr Roy Bourgeois who began the School of Americas watch..Fort Benning in the USA is the training school of international torturers who have murdered thousands of people throughout South America. |
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Review Summary: a moving witness |
Date: 2007-11-30 |
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Details: The previous reviewer missed a large part of the point of this film. Archbishop Oscar Romero was among dozens of Catholic priests, religious and lay people murdered or tortured for their Gospel witness of support for the poor. The greed of the wealthy is the prime villain in the peice--and the repeated comment that "we want to live like the North Americans" helps viewers to understand what inspires that greed.
Church prelates were on both sides of the conflict, and Romero himself came to his position as a result of becoming archbishop and seeing first hand the terrible suffering of the poor because of the civil war in El Savlator. An inspiring portrait of the witness that is still being carried out by martyrs like last year's Sister Dorothy Stang--who, like Romero, was murdered for her stand in solidarity with the poor. |
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