{"id":4516,"date":"2007-10-23T12:55:11","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T19:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2020-12-11T19:29:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T02:29:46","slug":"where-the-green-ants-dream-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4516","title":{"rendered":"Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We mustn&#8217;t disturb the dreaming of the green ants; we mustn&#8217;t talk the green ants up.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Where-the-Green-Ants-Dream-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Where-the-Green-Ants-Dream-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Where-the-Green-Ants-Dream-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Where-the-Green-Ants-Dream-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Where-the-Green-Ants-Dream-Poster.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen an Australian mining company tries to conduct geological tests on sacred land, Aborigines stage a protest, and their struggle soon goes to court.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australian Films<\/li>\n<li>Mining Towns<\/li>\n<li>Native Peoples<\/li>\n<li>Race Relations and Racism<\/li>\n<li>Werner Herzog Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIconoclastic German director Werner Herzog remains somewhat unique in his lifelong commitment to making both narrative <em>and<\/em> documentary films &#8212; with significant overlap between the two. Indeed, <em>Where the Green Ants Dream<\/em> is a classic example of Herzog&#8217;s refusal to draw a fine line between fiction and reality, with the titular Aboriginal &#8220;myth&#8221; created out of whole cloth by Herzog himself. Unfortunately, <em>Green Ants&#8217;<\/em> title remains the most creative thing about it: the screenplay is stilted and overly sincere, the acting is fairly awful, and, despite its compelling subject matter, the movie as a whole fails to engage. This one is only for true Herzog fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Striking imagery of Australian Aborigines refusing to deviate from their long-held beliefs<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/wtgad-aborigine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/wtgad-aborigine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4514\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Many typically Herzog-ian panning shots of vast landscapes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/wtgad-landscape.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/wtgad-landscape.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4515\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. As one of Herzog&#8217;s more self-indulgent films, this will likely only be of interest to true fans of his work. Listed as a Sleeper and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0088412\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/where-the-green-ants-dream-1984\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1985\/02\/08\/movies\/where-the-green-ants-dream.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/where-the-green-ants-dream\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We mustn&#8217;t disturb the dreaming of the green ants; we mustn&#8217;t talk the green ants up.&#8221; Synopsis: When an Australian mining company tries to conduct geological tests on sacred land, Aborigines stage a protest, and their struggle soon goes to court. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Australian Films Mining Towns Native Peoples Race Relations and Racism Werner Herzog Films Review: Iconoclastic German director Werner Herzog remains somewhat unique in his lifelong commitment to making both narrative and documentary films &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4516\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4516"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57152,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions\/57152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}