![]() This film is carried emotionally by the viewers’ curiosity and repulsion more than empathy for the actors. What makes this film so poignant is the revolting racism and dehumanization of an entire race of people. The logic being that as we (the white savior) are pouring time and resources into you (the people of the third world country) we have the right to take some liberties with your health for the betterment of mankind, which amounts a really sick, twisted racism, the idea of a master race. It makes the viewer think about the role of the “white saviors” and the liberties these saviors think they can take with the people they are saving. The Constant Gardener unlike many thrillers set in the exotic third world, actually says something about global politics. ![]() This film, however, is bound strongly to the abuse of citizens in third world countries. This choice of setting may seem to some just another cliché drama: white people using devastating third-world conditions as an exotic backdrop to their sordid affairs. ![]() Most of the film takes place in a village in Africa. This technique adds a layer of depth and increases tension as Justin stumbles into something that we are just beginning to realize is dangerous. Although the cutting back in forth from past to present to future takes effort to follow and begins to break apart all that you have ever thought about time, it allows the viewer to collect details and make connections that Justin Quayle could not make, while seeing things in their original order. This, at first, is very disorienting as there is no clear distinctions in the timeline: first they are together in Africa, then there is an explosion, then the two characters are just meeting and in the next shot she is pregnant. The Constant Gardener, unlike many films, has a non-linear timeline.
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