The Milagro Beanfield War
Location
JAAC 1037
Presentation Type
Event
Start Date
17-9-2017 7:00 PM
Description
Living in Tennessee, it can be easy to forget that in much of world, even parts of the US, something we take for granted, access to water, can determine whether not just individual farms but whole towns and even ways of life can survive. Although Redford’s 1998 film of John Nichol’s novel received and continues to receive somewhat mixed reviews, this may be because as a fable it is, in places, all too easy to believe while also being too full of whimsy in others to be real, but such is magic realism. What is clear is that the film asks viewers to consider ways in which the act of creating one person’s paradise, here a resort in the desert, all too often destroys another person’s home and way of life. Set and filmed in New Mexico, the film also raises questions about the intersections of cultures in the Southwest, one topic among others that will be explored in the discussion following a viewing of the film.
Recommended Citation
Pelaz, Natalia and Monteverde, Maggie, "The Milagro Beanfield War" (2017). Humanities Symposium. 3.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2017/ff2017/3
The Milagro Beanfield War
JAAC 1037
Living in Tennessee, it can be easy to forget that in much of world, even parts of the US, something we take for granted, access to water, can determine whether not just individual farms but whole towns and even ways of life can survive. Although Redford’s 1998 film of John Nichol’s novel received and continues to receive somewhat mixed reviews, this may be because as a fable it is, in places, all too easy to believe while also being too full of whimsy in others to be real, but such is magic realism. What is clear is that the film asks viewers to consider ways in which the act of creating one person’s paradise, here a resort in the desert, all too often destroys another person’s home and way of life. Set and filmed in New Mexico, the film also raises questions about the intersections of cultures in the Southwest, one topic among others that will be explored in the discussion following a viewing of the film.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Society and the Arts & Sciences