PT is a period piece set in Georgia, 1949. Theoretically there’s one law for all, regardless of skin colour, but in reality that’s not quite true, because money talks. Dennis Hopper is Paris, a white store owner and moneylender to the local mixed community. Cross the line of non-payment and the lender becomes a shark with teeth sharpened on a stone of racism.
The overuse of diffused light got on my nerves, but there’s a real sense of history in the surroundings it fell on. It’s as if the cultural climate has permeated the furniture and the room in which it sits. But what really makes the film are the fine performances from everyone involved.
3½ poisoned bites out of 5
