![The Roots of Heaven [Twilight Time]](http://cdn.hometheaterforum.com/9/9c/75x75px-ZC-9c718acd_1319565679_rootbd.jpeg "The Roots of Heaven [Twilight Time]")
Reviewed by MattH.
Pros: excellent picture and nice lossless audio
Cons: environmental message is more interesting than the melodrama
Cons: environmental message is more interesting than the melodrama
There isn’t the same kind of adventurous vitality in John Huston’s The Roots of Heaven that he planted in The African Queen even though both films were shot on the Dark Continent with their star casts subjected to the discomforts and frustrations of location shooting. The Roots of Heaven is much more a think piece along ecological boundaries. In fact, one would almost believe the film was shot in this century with its concentration on animal preservation and conservation of our natural resources. Those are the aspects of the film that stand out now, not the in many ways melodramatic and piecemeal storytelling.
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