Pleasantville (V.F.)
Nothing Is As Simple As Black And White.
When 90's teens David and Jennifer get zapped into the perfect suburbia of the black & white '50's sitcom, Pleasantvill, what results is a "visionary adventure" that Siskel and Ebert give "Two big thumbs up!"
Pleasantville's perfect people include a mild-mannered soda jerk, a socially repressed mom, and a father who always knows best. But, when '90s pop culture clashes with '50s family values, chaos ensues, turning the town of Pleasantville upside down and black and white into color.
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a great movie - tlefrancois
I thoroughly enjoyed "Pleasantville" from the 'Once upon a time' through the film fading to black.
The acting was top notch all around, as was the use of special effects; in very few films has colour been used so effectively that it can convey a story seemingly without help from dialogue or music.
I can see how some people would perceive it as merely another mouthpiece of liberalism, but I watched it twice, and I only noticed it attacking bigotry and censorship. What was wrong wasn't that these people were living according conservative values, but that they didn't really choose those values in the first place!
I like the fact that the film was bold, and that it made its point as directly as it contrasted the black and white with the splotches of Technicolour. While "Pleasantville" had little subtlety in its allegory, it was, like any good fairytale, beautiful in its simplicity.
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a great movie - tlefrancois
I thoroughly enjoyed "Pleasantville" from the 'Once upon a time' through the film fading to black.
The acting was top notch all around, as was the use of special effects; in very few films has colour been used so effectively that it can convey a story ...