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Rating: - Brando in VivaZapata and Sayonara
Orange Park, FL. Fyi...i have both on VHS and have played them over and over and over again.
Both are on my list of 'Top 10 Favorite Movies' since MY birth in '32.
How many out there, who have watched VivaZapata as closely as i have, noticed one minor flaw that did not make it to the cutting room floor or directors retake of the scene?...when Brando is taken captive by the soldiers and taken off walking behind their horses, rope around his neck and hands tied behind his back, then ... Read More
Rating: - More true than reality
Steinbeck, Brando and Kazan, all at their best! Really no more need be said, except for the fact that the supporting actors equal these principles. The most enigmatic and poetic presence in the film is that of Albert Salmi, who is to this movie as Death is to Bergman's "The Seventh Seal". Death is more insulting in Mexico than it is in the U.S., a fact well-understood by John Steinbeck, and personified by the probably fictional Salmi character of the "journalist". All this having been noted, let ... Read More
Rating: - One of the great classic soundtracks
This music demonstrates why Alex North was known in the tiny soundtrack community as "The Boss" during the 1950s. It's passionate music with a Mexican theme, by one of the very best Hollywood composers, and one who had studied Mexican music with Silvestre Revueltas himself. A score from the period when composers believed in their work. Every North score I've heard was good; many were outstanding. This is one of his best. (I'm listening to it now.) Compare, by the way, Korngold's score of around 1940 ... Read More
Rating: - A huge fresco of Mexican Revolution.
Actually this was the film that triggered my interest on the Mexican Revolution.
I've seen it many times and always found new details to take into account. As I read more and more on the subject my appreciation of this movie increases.
It presents the viewer with a big fresco of the Revolution that convulsed that country for more than ten years.
I admire the strange capacity of the film to show condensed in each scene, many key issues of why and how the Revolution exploded and continue ... Read More
Rating: - Superb acting makes this film great
A bit of trivia!
I've seen Viva Zapata a number of times and even discussed the film personally with Elia Kazan in New York City.
Tyrone Power was to portray Zapata (Zanuck fought Kazan on that issue and won) and, thank God, Brando took over the role when Power refused to sign an extension to his contract with Fox. He would have been miscast - most likely.
Then for the part of Josefa, Kazan wanted Julie Harris. Zanuck insisted that he hire Fox contract player Jean Peters. In this case Zanuck ... Read More
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