The Year of Living Dangerously

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“The Year of Living Dangerously” The Year of Living Dangerously is set in the 20th century. This movie was so boring to me. I tried to stay focus; however, I couldn’t make myself get into the movie. Different reports came in to the city of Jakarta to get the chance to speak with Sukarno the leader of the people at the time. The movie followed Guy Hamilton on his journey in Jakarta. While he learns the culture, how the people live, and fall in love, which is narrated by Bill. Bill is a native of Jakarta and he’s a man with a lot of connects. The historical event in this movie was about Indonesia in the 1960’s. When PKI to power over Sukarno, but lost the power to the communist. The movie did show this to the “T”, however it took so long to get to it. The movie spend more time on Guy and his relationships with Bill, Jill, his workers, and the other reports. The takeover was introduced during the middle closer to the end of the movie. This movie had many points. One was to show how Sukarno didn’t care for his people. Bill showed this by going to the ball where Sukarno was arriving to and locking himself in the room. Then he put a sign on the side of the hotel saying “Sukarno feed your people,” after his adopted women son died. For that they throw Bill out the window and killed him. Another point was strangers can become friends. When Bill first saw Guy he took him under his wings. Helped him get an interview with the leader of the communist party. Bill had a real partnership with Guy. Bill introduced Guy to his friend Jill, who Guy fell in love with. Bill also showed Guy what the puppets were, saying the puppets shadows on the wall are souls. Bill showed Guy the villages saying five American dollars would be a fortune to all these people. Another point of this movie was people really didn’t like the Europeans culture or the “western” way of living. When Guy
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