El colombian dream

Whenever a film maker goes short of ideas about Colombia, he resorts to the drug theme. This is a permanent cliché in the movie industry and it is easy to forgive if it is the sloppy work of an outsider. But when a Colombian director needs to go to these extremes of bad taste to broadcast (once again) the false notion that his country is a narcotics paradise, you can only feel sorry for him. What a narrow mind and what a scarce imagination.

I only hope that the next time someone uses the name of our country in the title of a film or any artistic work, it be with the purpose of honoring it and not as a commercial gimmick. And yes, that it be of any artistic value.

Colombian dream is probably the best Colombian movie ever done, especially Felipe Aljure's wonderful direction and very original screenplay makes this movie a must if you want to know about new styles and concepts about Colombian movie. Since Maria Full of Grace which was released in 2003 but being half Colombian half American I haven't seen a so well done Colombian story. This movie is far apart of the way other directors tell a story about drugs and social problems that are part of the costumbrism and black movie style made in Colombia's cinematography but which is also part of Colombia's reality. Even though the young leading actors still have a lot to learn the movie has extraordinary supporting actors and also very good film editing and sound editing.

Just watched it again, and I felt really disappointed with myself... I compared this at once to the majestic direction of 'Confesion a Laura' and 'Ilona llega con la lluvia', but NO WAY! 'El Colombian Dream' isn't as brilliant as I thought two years ago, it is actually a pointless use of thousands of camera angles/movements alongside a freaky pointless dumb multistory. The script has tons of pseudointellectual phrases and the direction leads people to get sick.

What have I learned? 1) Not to call "brilliant" to every unusual movie I see. 2) Not to call "brilliant" nowadays to something I haven't seen in years. 3) Not to re-watch a movie I liked when I was younger. It may damage its impression in me.

This movie is one of the few, if not the only Colombian production that I can feel proud of, it tells a story close to our culture and our collective personality in a psychedelic and frenetic tone that reminds us of Fernando Meirelles's "Cidade De Deus".The movie is filled with creative film-making and literary reflections, and the various outcomes are usually pumped with an irony that makes it amazingly realistic, and often put that slightly sadistic smile on your face. the wit and crudity of Aljure in representing the particular things that makes us Colombians is overwhelming,and is truly revealing at some times.Don't let other comments bump you out, this really is one of the most amazing films I have ever seen.

With El Colombian Dream, Felipe Aljure has once again been able to break paradigms as he has demonstrated that it is possible to produce and direct Colombian cinema on a par with any internationally produced film. Tarantino's, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's (Amelie) and the influence of other well-known directors are somehow present in this movie. If you want to see a cruel, black-humored critique of a dreadful aspect of Colombian society, watch this movie. Worth mentioning as well are the actors and actresses that make the cast of the film, virtually unknown in Colombia, but with a great potential to become Colombia's next generation of exportable talent. Trivia fact: the twins were chosen for the six-fingered foot of one of them.