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A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.
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- TriviaThe girl who plays the girl n the black bikini with a hammer in the "Death to Bureaucracy" parade is Regina Amador, top model at Tropicana Club Havana, Cuba 1962-1968.
- Crazy creditsDedicated to Luis Buñuel, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Ingmar Bergman, Harold Lloyd, Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles (as Orson Wells), Juan Carlos Tabio, Elia Kazan, Buster Keaton, Jean Vigo, Marilyn Monroe.
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Written by Frank Dominguez
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A very good movie with lots of imagination to spare
For a movie that was released 40 years ago, this one has aged particularly well.
I think I'm not exaggerating by saying that this movie represents something of a precursor of the Monty Python movies, alas, not so irreverent. But the way it deals with the topic, and the imaginative gags and inter-cuts that it has, can only remind you of those English geniuses.
But is also many things. A little of Three Stooges here. Even a little Chaplin there...
How you can make something funny out of the situation of a family (the main character and his aunt) that cannot get his relative buried, and have to keep him home until the red tape is overpowered, without losing sight of the human touch and their despair?. You'd need a very skillful director to juggle all that successfully.
I Haven't seen or heard of a Latin American movie like this one. It must be considered a milestone in Latin American cinema (and certainly, in world cinema). Regretfully, not the style, or the genius of the director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, seem to have had dedicated followers. I'm afraid that has something to do with the Cuban origin, not because of Cuban backlash, but because of lack of interest or attention over Cuban art during the 60's. Latin America has produced a lot of movies, but most of them are dead serious. When somebody comes with the idea of a comedy, it is very light, unfunny and clichéd, nothing to tell the world about, with very few exceptions.
That's why I was surprised by LA MUERTE DE UN BURÓCRATA and I highly recommend it, if you can find it somehow.
I think I'm not exaggerating by saying that this movie represents something of a precursor of the Monty Python movies, alas, not so irreverent. But the way it deals with the topic, and the imaginative gags and inter-cuts that it has, can only remind you of those English geniuses.
But is also many things. A little of Three Stooges here. Even a little Chaplin there...
How you can make something funny out of the situation of a family (the main character and his aunt) that cannot get his relative buried, and have to keep him home until the red tape is overpowered, without losing sight of the human touch and their despair?. You'd need a very skillful director to juggle all that successfully.
I Haven't seen or heard of a Latin American movie like this one. It must be considered a milestone in Latin American cinema (and certainly, in world cinema). Regretfully, not the style, or the genius of the director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, seem to have had dedicated followers. I'm afraid that has something to do with the Cuban origin, not because of Cuban backlash, but because of lack of interest or attention over Cuban art during the 60's. Latin America has produced a lot of movies, but most of them are dead serious. When somebody comes with the idea of a comedy, it is very light, unfunny and clichéd, nothing to tell the world about, with very few exceptions.
That's why I was surprised by LA MUERTE DE UN BURÓCRATA and I highly recommend it, if you can find it somehow.
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- juliomontoya2000
- Jun 19, 2006
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- Also known as
- Der Tod eines Bürokraten
- Filming locations
- La Habana, Cuba(town of the action)
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- Gross worldwide
- $3,323
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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By what name was Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) officially released in Canada in English?
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