Even Dwarfs Started Small
1,083
Drama. Comedy
The inhabitants of an institution in a remote country rebel against their keepers. Their acts of rebellion are by turns humorous, boring and alarming. An allegory on the problematic nature of fully liberating the human spirit, as both commendable and disturbing elements of our nature come forward. The film shows how justifiable revolt may be empowering, but may also turn to chaos and depravity. The allegory is developed in part by the ... [+]
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"A movie that had been conceived by the same kind of perverse, uninvolved intelligence that had created the world of the film" | |||
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"A brilliant introduction to Herzog’s singular artistic sensibility" | |||
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"A frightening, obscene, and brilliant study of what happens when rebels (however justified) aren't worthy of the rebellion they start." | |||
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"Whether viewed as a powerful political/philosophical allegory or a grotesque display of willful perversity (...) 'Even Dwarfs Started Small' is not easily forgotten" | |||
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"It’s a warm-up for the greatness to come." |
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