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Sorcerer

The few minutes were a little confusing for me, but after that, I understood the whole movie pretty well. Visuals were amazing. The few minutes were pretty intense. Honestly, this is one of those that I need to watch again to catch what I missed.

grimmer

Sorcerer

Wild. Found it slightly confusing with all the different characters and how they ended up in South America. The obvious two, the man who robbed a church and the man whose banking firm was being sued were obvious, the other characters I had no idea. However, the film is trilling throughout, with the bridge scene being my favourite. Fantastic suspense and keeps you entranced throughout.

shivansh

Sorcerer

Thank God I have no idea how to drive a truck. Jokes apart, such beautiful storytelling. Truly about control over one's fate. Each one was running from their fate but was ultimately pulled back to it. I love the title "Sorcerer" which, while he was an evil wizard, here the evil wizard was actually fate. It goes into something deep, like do we even have control over our own fate. I loved the ending so much where *spoilers* :)

breakfastcowl

Sorcerer

The social scope is narrowed from Clouzot's adaptation, but only slightly. The four men all have clearly defined backstories and predicaments this go-'round, all of them explicitly self-inflicted. And in finding themselves trapped in the malaise of jungle seclusion and localized corruption, the nail-biting remainder of the film becomes an action-oriented statement of personal volition and a fight seemingly against fate, drifting towards loss of self. Perhaps it skews closer to the book? I'll be checking that out when my copy arrives. In every other way it attains levels of pure chaotic spectacle, filled with astonishing sequences and backed by an ominous, energetic synth score. The trucks are outright bestial, and their road all but returning to earth in their wake. (I'd swear you can hear Spielberg scribbling notes for his own vehicular suspense in Jurassic Park and Lost World.)