Le fond de l'air est rouge (1977)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.5/10   

Director:

Chris Marker

Guionista:

Chris Marker (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 noviembre 1977 (France)

Género:

Documental

Plot Keywords:

Color In Title

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

What's the point?

Reparto

Laurence Guvillier	...	Récitante (voice)
Davos Hanich	...	Récitant (voice)
François Maspero	...	Récitant (voice)
Yves Montand	...	Récitant (voice)
François Périer	...	Récitant (voice)
Sandra Scarnati	...	Récitante (voice)
Jorge Semprún	...	Récitant (voice)
Simone Signoret	...	Récitante (voice)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Jim Broadbent	...	Speaker (voice)
Cyril Cusack	...	Speaker (voice)

También conocida como:

Grin Without a Cat (USA)
The Base of the Air Is Red (International: English title)

Duración:

240 min | 177 min (1993 version)

País:

France

Idioma:

Francés | Español | Inglés | Alemán | Vietnamita

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color (Eastmancolor)

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Brazil:18 | France:U

Compañía:

Dovidis

Trivialidades:

The untranslatable French title is a play on words suggesting that revolution was in the air but not on the ground. The English title, "A Grin without a Cat", has a similar meaning. Director Chris Marker has given it the subtitle "Scenes from the Third World War 1967-1977".

What's the point?

I know that I am supposed to like this film. Unfortunately, as it is almost strictly for the political converts, I didn't.

It is basically a collection of unused film footage from the late 60s and early 70s, showing significant moments in the leftist revolution, and how they dropped the ball, i.e. a "grin" without a cat. Yawn! Watching home movies of a leftist movement that compromised itself out of existence is not very satisfying.

Film students may find appreciation of this work, but after watching Marker's most famous creation, "La Jetée", I expected more.

Despite the fact that it was reworked, it just didn't measure up to my expectations.