Blood of the Condor

Blood of the Condor was a very interesting movie, particularly because of the way it was filmed. For me personally, I found the movie to be very boring. It was slow-paced, lacked color or much English, and didn't feel very eventful or climactic. It was just a slow ride through these natives lives and situation with the peace corps, shown in a very dull manner. However, "boring-ness" is personal and doesn't mean that the movie is bad.

For what it was trying to accomplish, and for the way it portrayed the information to a population of natives who had never really watched films, it did a fantastic job. This goes back into why the movie was interesting - the way it was filmed, especially with its low budget, appealed to an audience of natives and got them to revolt, but I would have to bet that if you put this movie in theaters today, many people would get bored.

I would have to say that my favorite thing about the movie was the way it portrayed the magical leaves. I'm not sure how much of it was a true story or not, but by showing the leaf ritual and then showing in the movie that the leaves were right was an extremely effective way of relating to the natives. The director likely had no faith in any of the natives beliefs, but he showed in the movie how the natives beliefs were powerful and correct, and this probably incited a lot of positive response from the natives.