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      Great Speeches from a Dying World

      2009 List
      100% Tomatometer 7 Reviews Read More Read Less

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      David Fear Time Out The film's success in giving the voiceless a platform balances out Phillips's more precocious and pretentious flourishes. Rated: 3/6 Feb 11, 2009 Full Review Stephen Holden New York Times Great Speeches From a Dying World is an unsettling documentary portrait gallery of nine homeless people living on the streets of Seattle. Rated: 3/5 Feb 11, 2009 Full Review Nicolas Rapold Village Voice In a sense, Phillips's mission is a variation on the tradition of semi-orchestrated socially conscious documentary that stretches back through Lionel Rogosin's On the Bowery and beyond. Feb 11, 2009 Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Doesn't solve the issue of homelessness, but at least it captivates your heart by humanizing homeless people and by giving them a voice. Rated: 7.25/10 Feb 14, 2009 Full Review William Arnold Seattle Post-Intelligencer This gritty, unflinching documentary by Linas Phillips traces the misfortunes of 10 of Seattle's hard-core homeless over a period of a year. Rated: B Dec 4, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member [b]"Extra-ordinaire"[/b] Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Linas Phillips