God's Country

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s r A look into rural Minnesota and its culture. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Powerful and poignant. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member After honing his skills on human study in India, Malle presents rural America like a documentary on lions and antelopes. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review walter m "God's Country" is an engaging documentary wherein Louis Malle takes a genially respectful look at the small town lives and work of those in Glencoe, Mn, especially the one guy who inseminates cows for a living. In general, he is concerned with how such a homogenous community could exist in such a diverse country as the United States in 1979, with the wounds of the Vietnam War having just healed. To do so, Malle tries to get under the well-manicured lawns with him becoming obsessed with that most American of activies, lawn mowing. And then he returns five years later, to see how much their lives have changed and not changed in differing political circumstances, while also making special note of how much their kids have grown. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Kudos to Louis Malle for "seeing" and documenting, quite early on, the devastating effects of Neo Liberalism that was, for the most part, initiated by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. In this documentary we see a farming community in 1979 when all is relatively good and comfortable and then we see the same community in 1985. Here we see the effects of Neo Liberalism on farming as family farmers are being priced and squeezed out of business. We all know what happened after to the detriment of family farmers, food consumers and to the animals. Knowing where we are at now this is a horrifying portent and shows that Louis Malle is a visionary. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Elegant, poignant, and genuine. Malle captures middle-America on a down-turn, perfectly suited for present-day viewing despite it's 30 year vintage. And, as always with his documentaries, Malle leaves us with a gentle warning (in this case, once again, left unheeded). Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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