John Boorman

From its very origins, particularly when it was black-and-white filmed, film was so closely connected to dreaming. And it's probably why people connected to it so readily...

A wasted opportunity to tell in filmic terms two important histories: the crimes of apartheid and the love with which they were answered.

Boorman's interpretation of the material resulted in an American cinematic classic built not only on shock and awe, but emotional subtlety.