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Affliction [DVD] [1998]
enlarge	Director: Paul Schrader Actors: Nick Nolte, James Coburn Jr., Sissy Spacek, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt Studio: Prism Leisure Category: DVD List Price: ~~£5.99~~ Buy New: £1.00 as of 23/11/2009 19:59 GMT details You Save: £4.99 (83%) New (8) Used (5) from £0.99 Seller: video-seller12345 Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 17878 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 109 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050824161758 ASIN: B000A1OF1O Theatrical Release Date: 1997 Release Date: August 22, 2005 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: A very good movie, although very depressing October 24, 2007 Maciej K. (Belgium) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful I must say that watching the "Affliction" was a depressing experience, although not beacuse of the quality of the movie - it is simply that the story is so unbearably sad. The movie starts in gray and ends in black, without virtually any brighter momenent. Nick Nolte's performance as Wade, a man who wasted his life and is unable to save anything from the wreckage is one of the saddest things I saw on the screen those last years. James Coburn gives a GREAT performance as Wade's old father, a violent, bad mouthed and bad tempered drunk without anything good in him. Sissy Spacek plays Wade's girlfriend, his last chance to save something from the catastrophy that was his life, a chance he will finally not seize. Willem Dafoe plays a little but significant role, as Wade's younger brother, who without even really wanting it actually will push him over the edge, to the abyss... Finally Jim True-Frost (credited in this time as Jim True, before landing a big role as detective Roland Pryzbylewski in HBO's series "The Wire") plays the role of Jack Hewitt, Wade's best friend, who has the bad luck to be in the wrong place at a wrong time during a hunt.... This is the kind of movie I didn't really realise that were made in USA anymore - it shows the poor, rural, mostly white America (here the New Hampshire), where a local businessman and mayor can really rule as a feudal lord in the Dark Ages and where there is so much misery (social as well as economical) that one of characters actually freezes to death in her house in winter, because there is no money to repair the heating.... and her relatives have all but forgotten about her.... In a way this movie was more horrifying to watch that most of the horrors I saw. Seeing the total destruction of a man, who already was down, is a horrible vision. But it makes a really good movie. You will not have fun watching it, but I think you can like it anyway. Great film, fine performances June 5, 2007 foxhay (London) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful This is an excellent film, the script is brilliant and Nick Nolte and James Coburn give outstanding performances. The depiction of Nolte's damaged childhood and its affect on his life and the lives of those around him is insightful and thought provoking. Highly recommended. Sobering April 2, 2006 Barton Keyes (England) 6 out of 7 found this review helpful This cautionary tale should be watched by every son and every father. It tells the story of the consequences of a bullying father's behaviour on his sons and -- to a lesser extent -- on his daughter. Each of the offspring becomes damaged in some way through his unreasonable behaviour. And for one of them the consequences are drastic with a broken marriage, estranged child, lost job, abandoned friends, and a possible murder (or maybe even two if you look at it a certain way) as a part of the crack-up of his life.pNolte's performance as the main casualty is excellent; James Coburn is suitably overbearing as the father (himself a damaged child) and strong support is given by Willem Dafoe and Sissy Spacek. The bleak New Hampshire winters are well caught by the excellent photography.pIt won't leave you feeling warm and happy but it might make you look at yourself a different way. And that is the purpose of all good art.

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