Talk:Robert M. Young (director)

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Robert Young was a great but relatively little-known American film director. His film "Alambrista" was a small masterpiece, reviewed here in the NY Times...

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9406E3D81139E432A25750C2A96F9C946890D6CF&oref=slogin

Alambrista! (1977) September 23, 1979 Film: Robert M. Young's 'Alambrista!':The Cast JANET MASLIN Published: September 23, 1979

Robert M. Young's "Alambrista!" ("The Illegal") is a small, gentle, beautifully made film about a subject that might, in more conventional hands, have received either harsher or more histrionic treatment. Without sentimentality or rhetoric, it follows a Mexican farmworker on his illegal journey into California, which he soon discovers is hardly the land of opportunity. Roberto (Domingo Ambriz) will inevitably return to Mexico — that much is certain from the film's opening sequence, which shows him in circumstances far more peaceful and accommodating than anything he will find north of the border. Mr. Young accepts at the outset that Roberto's pilgrimage is futile and unavoidable, and then goes quietly about the business of detailing the trip.

Mr. Young, who made "Short Eyes" and the current "Rich Kids" after directing "Alambrista!" for public television, shows himself to be a superb cinematographer, not just because "Alambrista!" is handsome, but also because it adapts so readily to the large screen. Instead of seeming broadly detailed or full of empty spaces, as many made-for-television films might in a theatrical setting, "Alambrista!" has an unexpected intimacy in its present form. The encounters are brief but uncommonly vivid. And the details, presented unobtrusively, ring true.....

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It's beyond me, though, why there's an article about an unknown screenwriter that's dumped on Robert M Young's page.

Sorry for not logging in... Haven't gotten to that, but I thought the information would be helpful...

This isn't intended for publication... just for reference. No easy way I can see to flag a page.

67.101.42.231 05:08, 3 November 2007 (UTC)