Patricia Arquette Movie:

Beyond Rangoon Reviews:
Extremely Fine Film - should be on DVD!
2008-04-30 - This film is worth seeing! I happened upon it on HD last evening and fortunately recorded it; however, I would prefer to have a DVD!
Anyone hear if that is a possibility?
This is the kind of film that will help you slip out of your own world for a time and experience another side of life.
John Boorman even had his son Charley in this one - as the photographer!
I recognized him right away ... from Emerald Forest, but also from Long Way Round (with Ewen McGregor).
If anyone hears this is going to DVD please let us know!

A movie you must see
2008-03-20 - It is a shame this movie has not been released in DVD. I constantly recommend it to my friends and they are still unable to get access to it through Blockbuster or Netflix. This is an excellent movie and I have to say actually changed my outlook on many things. There is a line in the movie based on an Asian proverb, "Suffering is the one promise life keeps and if happiness comes it is a precious gift, which is ours only for a brief time". I found this line to be quite enlightening and I think of it when I have to deal with something I find very difficult. Everytime one of my friends is facing something they find overwhelming in their life (but not life-threatening)I always tell them to watch this movie and I tell them they will regain perspective on the situation at hand. Unfortunately, as I mentioned before, they can't get it from a video rental place. So I bought a VHS copy on Amazon just to lend out to friends in need of viewing it. It really is a great movie and it never got the recognition it derserved. I hope many others are motivated to watch it.

Good but like any film, a bit Hollywood-like
2008-03-05 - I cried when I watched this film because it's about my country. They used some actors that were real Burmese so that's good...and some were not, but did attempt to speak the language, so it's great that they tried to make it as real as possible, given the circumstances. However, the story is based on the protagonist who is this Caucasian lady and her own existential crisis. The story of the country is almost kind of a backdrop for that. But they did go quite into what had happened (though not in depth). The acting is so-so, not just because most of the cast aren't real actors, but activists acting in the film, but it's also because the lead actress wasn't that great of an actress in this film (or any other I guess). Still, it's a good introduction to what happpened in Burma in 1988.

Beyond Rangoon
2008-03-03 - I recall seeing this film yrs ago and manily paying attention to the pain of the main charactor,i would very much like to see it again.I have just returned from Thailand where I had the privilege to spent time with some displaced Karen peoples and other Bumese refugees. They are a gentle, peace loving peoples as are the Wa and the other indigenous tribes.They
are being systematicly driven from their homes, raped and murdered. The second saturday in March, march 8TH '08 is THE GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER for BURMA. The duely elected goverment ask that we continue to call it Burma. Please pray for the Burmese people, the Frree Burma Rangers and all those who risk their lives to help them.Pray that this atrocity will get the public attention it needs.


Why is this modern classic not on DVD??
2008-01-06 - I saw this upon release in 1005 and was floored by it. Incredible film with a fantastic performance by Patricia Arquette. Both heartbreaking and heartwarming, this is a paean to the country and people of Burma and a call for democracy for all people.

With the recent unrest in Burma coming to the renewed attention of the Western world, and Patricia Arquette now a star via her hit TV show 'Medium' (now in its fourth season) now would be a great time to release this compelling film on DVD. Along with The Emerald Forest and Excalibur, one of John Boorman's greatest films.