During a radio interview, the DJ asks two of the musicians behind Gorillaz what they think about people comparing them and their live multimedia stage show to Pink Floyd.

“With all due respect to Pink Floyd,” cracks Damon Albarn, “We’ve got tunes.”

Finally, the world gets an answer to the question, “What can David Schwimmer do from the director’s chair?” The question is, who was asking?

Simply put, this film is everything that is wrong with contemporary American cinema.

Bullfighting.

The word itself is enough to illicit a cringe of distaste in the average person, and outrage from your typical liberal-minded Westerner. Yet, for thousands of Spaniards, seeing a ritual killing is just good, old-fashioned popcorn fun. You could drop a few euro on the latest Sunday matinee, or, for even less, you could go see a raging bull or even a human being gored to death, live, and for real.

With all the problems facing us in the 21st century, it’s easy to forget about the struggles of the past and what we can learn from them. By weaving a complicated plot of supernatural thrills, historical and personal drama and political intrigue, Older Than America touches on one such issue, that of the treatment of Native Americans--both current and historical--in the United States.