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Bite the Bullet: Cheer the Villain or Empathize with the Hero?

Bite the Bullet: Cheer the Villain or Empathize with the Hero?

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“Bite the Bullet” (1975), starring Gene Hackman, James Coburn, Ben Johnson and Candice Bergen.  Written and directed by Richard Brooks. Filming locations in New Mexico include Carson National Forest, Chama, Taos and White Sands. Warning: Graphic scenes include what might be, for some, instances of animal cruelty. Based on an endurance horse race that took place in 1908 and dreamed up the by “Denver Post,” this film is an epic tale that reduces several individuals to their basest selves, set…

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A Parrot, a Librarian and a Highway Worker Woven in “A Bird of the Air”

A Parrot, a Librarian and a Highway Worker Woven in “A Bird of the Air”

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“A Bird of the Air” (2011), romantic comedy-drama, starring  Rachel Nichols and Jackson Hurst, filmed in Santa Fe. Based on a Joe Coomer’s novel “The Loop,” this is a story of how a parrot brought two people together. Hurst’s character is Lyman, a man who knows little of his past and spends his present cleaning up a New Mexico interstate on the graveyard shift. (In Texas, loops around large cities are common, not so much here.)  Lyman meets a wacky…

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Faith Manifest in “Before We Say Goodbye”

Faith Manifest in “Before We Say Goodbye”

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“Before We Say Goodbye” (2010), Directed by Paul Davids, written by Davids and Patricia Crespin, filmed primarily in Albuquerque and northern New Mexico and Mexico. Ramona Garcia is the matriarch of a Hispano family living in modern-day Albuquerque. Her family includes parents, a husband, four grown children and their children, each of whom have their own particular crisis. The problems they face both embody Ramona’s traditions and faith and threaten to destroy them. Some are comical (one child prefers Taco…

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