Monday, May 22, 2000

TRAFFIC (2000) A

The United States WAR ON DRUGS is an ugly story of an outright fraud that should be told thousands of time a day. We create the demand and then condemn those that supply and distribute the stuff. Didn't we learn anything from Prohibition?

From Netflix:
Steven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning drama intricately weaves three disturbing snapshots of America's drug war. At the forefront are a U.S. drug czar (Michael Douglas) who learns his daughter is an addict. A Mexican cop (Benicio Del Toro in an Oscar-winning role) dealing with a corrupt system and a wealthy (self-involved) housewife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) whose husband is arrested for dealing.

The A is for the message.

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