by Kikapu » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:31 am
I watched this so called "documentary" this morning, and to be honest with you all, I did not learn anything, other than the names of some more innocent victims of our pasts ugly history. This so called "documentary" gave the world a false impression of our troubled island. It just showed a very tiny clip of all those died since 1963 until now due to the islands conflict with it self and Turkey. It told the world, as if this is all there is to the Cyprus problems and that is the reason why we can't live together and also the reason why the island is divided for the last 33 years. Those who do not know our complete history, will walk away after seeing this "documentary" saying, "is that all there is to the Cyprus problems" because that is nothing in comparison to other problems around the world. I feel that Tony Angastiniotis was promoting this "documentary" for himself and not for the truth to come out. Do we all not know that many innocent victims were murdered by both sides, so lets accept the fact, that many innocents died, or was this film about the 16 days old child who was killed. Was Tony trying to play on the emotions of us all or was he trying to bring some closure to the baby's father.
Why was Tony using the voices from the Grave of this poor baby, who was portrayed as a young girl. Why did he not use the baby as a full grown woman, which is what she would have been at the time Tony made this "documentary". Was Tony trying to manipulate our emotions by using the images and the voices of a young girl, as if we were not able to really feel horrified enough by the murder of a 16 days old child and her family. What ever was on Tony's mind, he did not do his job properly by giving us and the world full account to the Cyprus Problems. Cyprus Problems are not about one or two villages or about one or two families in Cyprus, but it's about many many villages and many many families.
I could not help but compare this "documentary" with it's emotionally sensitive music to the film made many years ago by the title "YOL" which won the Best Picture awards at Cannes Film Festival in 1982. It too was very emotional with similar emotionally charged music. Was Tony trying to win an award here by trying to create something like "YOL" to try and win some awards, or was he trying to tell the world all the crimes that happened in Cyprus since 1963. I believe he has failed to do the latter, and I doubt this "documentary" will receive any awards either.