Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!rxk From: rxk@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: G-D'S MUST BE CRAZY - DON'T MISS Message-ID: <18888@lanl.ARPA> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 18:41:46 EST Article-I.D.: lanl.18888 Posted: Thu Jan 3 18:41:46 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 02:11:42 EST Sender: newsreader@lanl.ARPA Distribution: net Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 33 I feel compelled to write about this movie as it is unadvertized, unheralded, has no big-distribution company behind it and will fade into oblivion without even being given a chance. Yet, The G-ds Must Be Crazy" is a wonderful movie which must be seen to be appreciated. The movie is a wonderful comparison between "civilized" and "non-civilized" people in Botswana, Africa. At the outset a bush tribesman gets a "present" from the G-ds--a Coca-Cola bottle that was actually dropped by a pilot as he flew over the area. At first the bottle seems like a wonderful gift that is more beautiful than anything ever seen by the tribe. It has many uses and is harder and more durable than anything they have ever seen. But then they start arguing over who can use it first. They begin hitting each other with it and fighting over it. The leader decides that the gift is evil and leaves to throw the evil thing off the end of the earth. What follows is his interaction with civilization as he seeks a way to get rid of the bottle. Somehow, before it is done, the movie comments on politics, possessions, the judiciary, love, hate, knowledge, courage, happiness, and much more. This movie may not have any big name stars, or the panache of a multi-million dollar production. But it has some wonderful acting, a great story line, and a feeling that will stay with you long after you fade back into the "civilized" world. Russ Kahn rxk@lanl