The Kite Runner dvd movie.|
The Kite Runner buy bestselling dvd movies, videos find reviews, ratings, prices |
 |
List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $16.99 You Save: $13 Features • AC-3 • Color • Dolby • Dubbed • DVD-Video • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 2007 DVD Release : 25 March, 2008 |
| [ + Zoom ] [ Buy Now ] | DVD : Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
The Kite Runner description Like the bestselling book upon which it's based, The Kite Runner will haunt the viewer long after the film is over. A tale of childhood betrayal, innocence and harsh reality, and dreamy memory, The Kite Runner faces good and evil--and the path between them, though often blurry and sorrowfully relative. Director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) presents a painterly vision of Afghanistan before the Soviet tanks, before the Taliban--lush, verdant, fertile--in its landscape and in its people and their history and hopes. The story follows two young boys' friendship, tested beyond endurance, and the haunting of their adult selves by what happened in their youth--and what horrors befall their country in the meantime. The performances of the two boys--Zekeria Ebrahimi (Amir) and Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada (Hassan)--are the film's strongest, unforced and gently evocative. The penance paid by their adult selves is foreshadowed, but never predictable--and the metaphor of innocence lost, a common theme in Forster's work, keeps the film, like the title kites, truly aloft.--A.T. Hurley |
|
|
| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Both book and movie are great works of art |
| As an architect I have experienced that an artist's foremost tool is keen observation of life and human subtleties. These he must ingeniously translate within a concept into an organized whole so as to communicate a message to others. This takes technical proficiency on the particular field of expression. The result is a shared experience which ennobles the human spirit. Awards, like the Oscars, are not always indicators of good productions, even when they may facilitate revenues, which is a completely different matter. It is the people touched by it that truly redeem its standing for its value.
I believe this movie and the book on which it is based are both outstanding artistic productions. Dr. Hussini, the author, not only has had excellent formal training and education, but has had an unusually varied upbringing, making him a very cultured man. Most important, he has not been a casual observer. His work evidences intense observation of human conduct and its dynamics. The cycle of serious mistakes that one bad decision often initiate is a note worthy example. No doubt he has also been a sympathetic doctor, sharing on the physical and psychological pain of his patients. His capacity to manipulate these experiences creatively renders outstanding results in both his novels. As with all good art, the story carries over to reach a wider scope of events. It becomes a metaphor of things greater than itself. The Kite Runner is a story based on ordinary people and ordinary events, though located on a beautiful and exotic setting. It enables us to share on an epic with its characters with which we can nevertheless relate on a very personal level. It leaves us with a sober yet hopeful mood, encouraging us to become heroes within our own weakness and, perhaps, change the course dictated by some of our serious mistakes. The film's adaptation of the novel is well handled, capturing its essence in two hours worth of time, not an easy task considering the length of the story. The cinematography at times is breathtaking. The music is beautiful from the start where it is accompanied by a wonderful metamorphosis of Persian calligraphy. With a subtle Middle Eastern chant we are carried, with the protagonist, into a nostalgic past where good memories mingle with haunting mistakes. Throughout the movie it complements and enhances all the emotional swerves of the story. Most, if not all of its cast, reveal the same qualities described above about a good artist, this time as interpreters. It results in the convincing portrayal of the characters. The kids are wonderful: Hassan's personality comes across naturally, that of a confident, virtuous and happy child; Amir, though having all social advantages, is troubled, greatly due to his extremely sensitive nature. Amir's plight is an often seen scenario in children, and just as often misunderstood by grownups, which, as in the movie, leads to trouble. The traumatized Sohrab makes your heart stand still with frustration and sympathy. All three, with their own particularities, warm your heart, making you wish you could stay longer with them in the film. Khalid Abdalla does an excellent job portraying a remorseful adult Amir, who, like many of us, finally learns that a troubled conscience can be more painful than physical torture. You feel the ever-present cloud of guilt cast over him, even in his happy moments, weighing down all of his moves. Regardless of his serious mistakes his character is one I could befriend with thru a sympathetic self-reflection. He successfully enacts the redemption without ever betraying a deeply entrenched weakness in the character's personality. It is possible to be strong even in weakness. Shaun Toub's touching characterization of a loving adult friend adds a refreshing and understanding counterpoint within the turmoil. His insight into the reasons of much of human's mistakes and the possibilities of making things good again deserves much thought. Baba's complex character is very well developed by Homayoun Ershadi: a vertical father who out of love wishes to strengthen his son's personality, as if adverting in him the serious consequences of his own past weaknesses and mistakes. The minor characters do just as well to sum up the total of a particular cultural milieu: the loving Soraya, Farid (excellent), the General and his wife. The result, as in every good piece of art, has been a real experience with the characters and their story, so much so that as with real friends, you begin missing them as soon as the book and the movie end. Their story is so real that it touches our lives, making us revaluate issues: prejudice, loyalty, longsuffering, forgiveness, the proper place of guilt as a compass leading us to mend our mistakes, the important lesson that a good life is more about self-sacrifice than about self-gratification. It has determined me to make certain things right and to make an earnest effort to keep them that way. The movie has brought me closer to the afghan people and their plight. It has kindled a desire to know about their culture, their history, even their language. The film, unlike too many in Hollywood, does not prey on our lust to become a blockbuster. Quite refreshingly, it deals with touchy issues with much dignity and decency. A movie capable of doing this and much more is in no need of an Oscar, which it nevertheless deserved. My congratulations and respects to all involved in this project, for making available for us such a wonderful and inspiring story. The DVD will be a nice memory album of an experience, lived alongside its characters, which has brought my life a few steps closer to what it ought to be. Marc Foster should give serious thought to "A Thousand Splendid Suns" for a future movie. |
|
|