sahayman@watcgl.UUCP (Steve Hayman) (07/07/85)
First of all, go see it, it is very well done and enjoyable. Convincing, too, although I am not really in a position to dispute any of the details. I would really like to know how much of this film is, as advertised, "based on a true story". I have a feeling that maybe the extent of it is that yes, they did build a really big dam in South America once. Does anyone know any of the actual facts? Steve Hayman
cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (07/25/85)
> > First of all, go see it, it is very well done and enjoyable. Convincing, too, > although I am not really in a position to dispute any of the details. > > I would really like to know how much of this film is, as advertised, > "based on a true story". I have a feeling that maybe the extent of it is > that yes, they did build a really big dam in South America once. > Does anyone know any of the actual facts? > > Steve Hayman There's a lot of big development that was done in the Brazilian rain forest in the 1970s, and the beginning of the 1980s --- heavily subsidized by the Brazilian government. Not surprisingly, many of the commercial ventures failed --- most notably, Daniel K. Ludwig's "give me a parcel the size of Connecticut and I'll make us all rich growing lumber" estate. I have read that the assertions made in the movie that the Brazilian rain forest makes 40% of the world's oxygen is bunk, because most of that oxygen gets consumed decaying dying vegetation and animals. (Besides which, Cousteau said a few years back that the oceans make 70% of the world's oxygen. Gee, that adds up to 110% even before you include the rest of the world.)
lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) (07/31/85)
My wife remarked upon the fact that at the beginning it said "Based on a true
story", while at the end, it said the usual "Any resemblance...is purely
coincidental". Just goes to show you how much meaning the words "based on"
convey anymore--almost none, it would seem.
It is quite nice to see a movie where, when the girls take off their shirts,
you feel like they are more decent, not less. It's refreshing to see a
film that can actually make you see things from another cultural perspective
without giving you that bludgeoned feeling of purposefully-induced culture
shock.
By the way, what are "lightening sticks"? Helium-filled bamboo?
Larry Wall
{allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdcsvax}!sdcrdcf!lwalljordan@greipa.UUCP (Jordan K. Hubbard) (08/02/85)
In article <2209@sdcrdcf.UUCP> lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) writes: >By the way, what are "lightening sticks"? Helium-filled bamboo? No, Guns. Don't you remember them mentioning (with considerable fear) that the savage(?) people had 'lightning sticks?' after the attack on their camp? They were talking about the CAR-15 Powers Booth lost. -- Jordan K. Hubbard {pesnta, decwrl, dual, pyramid}!greipa!jordan "Here we have two bull limpits, locked in a life-or-death "struggle."
lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) (08/09/85)
In article <313@greipa.UUCP> jordan@greipa.UUCP (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >In article <2209@sdcrdcf.UUCP> lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) writes: >>By the way, what are "lightening sticks"? Helium-filled bamboo? > >No, Guns. Don't you remember them mentioning (with considerable fear) >that the savage(?) people had 'lightning sticks?' after the attack >on their camp? They were talking about the CAR-15 Powers Booth lost. The film didn't say anything about "lightning sticks". It only talked about "lightening sticks", and I wondered what those might be. What do they lighten? ^ What's that you say? Brazilian Indians can't be expected to spell the subtitles correctly? Okay, okay, I'll go away. I was only trying to lighten your day... Larry Wall {allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdcsvax}!sdcrdcf!lwall
jordan@greipa.UUCP (Jordan K. Hubbard) (08/13/85)
In article <2235@sdcrdcf.UUCP> lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) writes: >In article <313@greipa.UUCP> jordan@greipa.UUCP (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >>In article <2209@sdcrdcf.UUCP> lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) writes: >>>By the way, what are "lightening sticks"? Helium-filled bamboo? >> >>No, Guns. Don't you remember them mentioning (with considerable fear) > >The film didn't say anything about "lightning sticks". It only talked about >"lightening sticks", and I wondered what those might be. What do they lighten? Oh.. Ok, so I'm dense.. I didn't get your low calorie humor.. (graceful bow, "And now Ladies and Gentlemen, I leave net.movies", exits..) (Large muscular negro sporting a narrow haircut stands up, "Ah pity da fool! Ah pity him! Don't use this group agin, *suckah!*") -- Jordan K. Hubbard {pesnta, decwrl, dual, pyramid}!greipa!jordan "Here we have two bull limpits, locked in a life-or-death "struggle."