Baadasssss
Baadasssss!
0 is actor-writer-director Mario Van Peebles's best film since 1991's
f0i New Jack City
0 ; more accurately, it is a mature and often dazzling work beyond previous expectations of Van Peebles' skills as a filmmaker. Certainly he was inspired by the autobiographical subject: The making of his father's 1971, independently produced
f0i Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
0 , in which young Mario made his acting debut amidst a frantic, high-pressure operation that paid off when African American audiences embraced the film. Playing his ownhard-nosed dad, Melvin Van Peebles, the younger talent explores--honestly, but not ruthlessly--Melvin's rocky relationship with an ever-disappointed Mario (played by
f0i Holes
0 ' Khleo Thomas), but he also portrays the elder man as a stubborn idealist against a backdrop of Hollywood cynicism about black entertainment. The film is a whirlwind of action and innovative scenes recreating personal history but without the insistent discursiveness of memory. With Nia Long, Ossie Davis, and Saul Rubinek.
f0i --Tom Keogh
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| upc: |
0043396043688 |
| title: |
Baadasssss |
| stars: |
Mario Van Peebles
Joy Bryant
Ossie Davis
Nia Long |
| purchase date: |
05-11-2005 |
| publisher: |
Columbia Tristar Hom |
| published: |
14-09-2004 |
| price: |
$19.94 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
109 |
| last lookup time: |
152889872 |
| genre: |
True Story
Period Piece
Fathers & Daughters
Fathers & Sons
Underdogs
Fighting the System
Race Relations |
| fullTitle: |
Baadasssss |
| features: |
Color
Closed-captioned
Widescreen
Dolby |
| director: |
Mario Van Peebles |
| currentValue: |
$3.95 |
| created: |
152889872 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B0002JZT50
|
