Witness
Witness Peter Weir Witness is a Peter Weir Film that deals with the clash between the rural and urban by using a traditional agrarian culture (the Amish) and a contemporary American culture. ... Peter Weir made his Hollywood debut in 1985 with this box office hit Witness. ... For a movie that admires the passive ways of the Amish life Witness contains a lot of aggressive violence particularly the throat-cutting scene in the men’s room. ... So in summary, Although at first glance Witness seems to be a cop thriller, it is at the heart a film examining the Pennsylvanian Amish community through the eyes of an outsider suddenly thrust into their midst.