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3 Needles
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NR (Not Rated) :: Wolfe Video ::
Released:
2007-04-03
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Rating:
3.0/5 (11 Reviews)
4/5
Three difficult stories
by lewis sinclair (iowa)
Three sad but true stories that depict our world today. Aids, social injustice, and a little bit of us maybe in these stories. I like a movie that I think about long after it's over. Maybe because this is occuring somewhere in the world as I type.
5/5
amazing
by Dr. James E. Johnstone
One of the best films I've seen in a long, long time.
Buy it!
2/5
A real oddball
by Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
Three episodes are stitched together with the common theme of hypodermic needles. This is not for the squeamish. The first tale concerns tainted blood. The second one is about AIDS. And I couldn't finish watching the third. Don't see if you don't like the sight of needles sticking into peoples' bodies. I'll give them credit for making something pretty creative here. I just didn't find it too compelling. The middle yarn about a mother who gives herself AIDS to die with her son is the best of the bunch.
3/5
Fatally Flawed, But Interesting
by Artist & Author (Near Mt. Baker, WA)
I think this movie had the potential to be an effective portrayal of the AIDS epidemic around the world, but it falls far short. First, the term AIDS is never mentioned, and unless you knew that some Africans think raping a child virgin would 'cure' the disease, which was depicted in one scene, the disease the people are suffering could have been any number of viral diseases. Second, while two localities are clear (China & Africa), the 'Western' story confuses the viewer by sometimes speaking German, other times English, and still other times in French. Also, it is confusing as to if the young man got the disease through gaysex or from acting in porn films. Third, the depiction of Catholicism is absolutely abominable and deliberately offensive to those of that faith. I was particularly offended by the senior nun saying they weren't in Africa to bring the people love, but to bring them Jesus. The Bible clearly states that what one does for 'the least of these' is as if it is done for Jesus.
The Chinese story could stand on its own as a full feature movie. The African story isn't really about the disease but about how much a young nun would prostitute herself to obtain medicines and even cows for a boy's marriage. The Western story is just a waste of film; it doesn't even include any of the beautiful scenery the other two stories show.
I am giving the movie three stars; one for the occasional scenic views, one for the depiction of foreign cultures (although I wonder if Chinese always wear their ceremonial of festival regalia), and the third for raising an interesting ethical or moral issue by the nun's behavior.
4/5
I liked this movie.
by lisamac (SD)
This was a very interesting take on people in different lives, HIV, and AIDS. It's very interesting. I would recommend watching it.
3 Needles Summary
Studio: Wolfe Video Release Date: 04/03/2007 Run Time: 127 Minutes
Good performances by an impressive cast, some beautiful cinematography, and a relatively light touch on a heavy subject (AIDS, which is never once mentioned by name) help make
3 Needles
an absorbing, provocative viewing experience. Writer-director-producer Thom Fitzgerald's 2005 film assays a global view of the pandemic, similar to
Traffic
's approach to the drug trade and
Babel
's slant on the interconnectedness of human events 'round the world (although
3 Needles
is considerably less affecting than those two efforts). Using five different languages (Afrikaans, Mandarin, Xhosa, French, and English), he take us to three continents. In China, a pregnant woman (Lucy Liu) pays peasants who donate their blood (which she then sells illegally), in the process starting an mini-scourge that virtually wipes out an entire village. In Montreal, a porn actor (Shawn Ashmore) cheats on a blood test; when his mother (an excellent Stockard Channing) discovers he's HIV positive, she's driven by outrageous fortune to react in some very strange and unpredictable ways. Finally, three nuns (an unlikely combo of Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Oh, and Chloe Sevigny) set out to save souls "condemned to purgatory" by their disease; but when Sister Clara (Sevigny), who's still a novice, tries to save actual lives as well, she makes a startling bargain with the devil to do it. While much of this is quite poignant, it's to the film's credit that little or none of it is handled with excessive sententiousness, self-pity, or tragedy for its own sake. Actually, there's a good deal of gentle humor, not to mention some absolutely gorgeous shots (including Montreal in autumn and the overall geography of the unnamed coastal African country where the final scenario takes place). And the ultimate message, delivered by Dukakis in voice-over, is hauntingly simple: "Why have we not joined together at last to fight this virus?" Bonus material includes interviews, deleted scenes, and a couple of AIDS documentaries.
--Sam Graham
3 Needles DVD Techincal Details
Cast:
Mabel Adams (II)
,
Shawn Ashmore
,
Caroline Aspirot
,
Nontombi Bovana
Director:
Thom Fitzgerald
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Rated:
NR (Not Rated)
Running Time:
127 mins
UPC:
754703762719
Binding:
DVD
Studio:
Wolfe Video
Release Date:
2007-04-03
Region Code:
1
Specs:
Closed-captioned, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language & Subtitles
Afrikaans (Original Language), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Xhosa (Original Language),
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