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| ACTORS: | Melvin Van Peebles |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Melvin Van Peebles |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1971 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Umvd/Visual Entertai |
| MPAA RATING: | X (Mature Audiences Only) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Dolby |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 000799106426 |
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Customer Reviews of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
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>Love the style, it's very rough. Very low-budget and hard-edged. <
>If you are expecting something prim and proper and dainty (like today's films), prepare to be disappointed. <
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>However, if you can stomach something a little more rough and edgy and dirty and gritty (and true) check it out. <
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>Melvin is the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No offense and pardon my french........................
but just what the hell was this?
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>Groundbreaking?
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>far be it from me, to deny Peebles place in cinematic history, but this film is ridiculous. And as long as I maintain AT LEAST two functioning brain cells in my head, I will NEVER, EVER be convinced that this is worthwhile cinema. In my opinion,
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>this film is only "groundbreaking" (much salt taken here) because it was one of the very first independent films that scored big, in terms of revenues in mainstream cinema. Apart from that oversight (on the part of movie-goers that year), "Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song" is one fine work of absolute nothingness.
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>There is little, if any, redeeming value in this movie. Social commentary? That's very good, but how can anybody take your commentary seriously if it's littered with such profane images? How can you concentrate on the message? Why would you try to promote a message denouncing social ills through the voice of a sex show stud? I don't know and I don't care.
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>No offense to anyone, but if anybody promotes this film as anything other than the vulgar creation of a twisted film maker, I would strongly recommend spiritual guidance of any kind (and anyone who doubts Peeble's warped sense of reasoning, check out the director's commentary in the DVD special features).
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>In my opinion, Peebles was fighting hard to make a name for himself and therefore spared no punches in terms of vulgar shock value; whatever it took to draw crowds and cause controversy. And of course, it helps to pull out the race card.
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>People, its okay to watch this film and like it. There are different tastes for everyone. However, the fact that somebody likes it (God help us all) does not mean that we all have to bow down and accept that this trash is a marvel of American cinema. Or at least I won't.
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>FIGHTING THE MAN?
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>whatever.
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>I wish some men had stolen this crap and destroyed it before it hit the streets.
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>Oh, and if it matters, I am black and I still didn't get it.
The brother done speak.....
...and the honkies done shreik.
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>This is an independent movie that keeps it real. Not like them cracker movies like Sling Blade and Ulee's Gold.
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>FIGHT THE POWER, BROTHER MELVIN!!!!!!!!