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Amargosa
begins in
passion.
Todd
Robinson, the director/writer, establishes the universe in
which his story will take place: magnificent landscape and
sky. The transformations that take place in these elements
start with the descent to Death Valley and the arrival there
of a beautiful woman who settles in the town of Amargosa to
start a dance theater, paint murals on the walls of her
theaters and, in time, save wild animals. But to try to
describe Amargosa in its narrative is unfair. Marta
Becket, the subject of this documentary, tries to tell us
that beauty such as hers is not rare…that beauty comes from
the life of action and dreams. And in all of this, her
humility and gentleness are astonishing. Amargosa holds
more than can be told in its love story and beautiful images.
You can give this film no awards, for it needs no statues. It
stands for the eternal in all of us and that is prize enough.
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