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Spanish Earth
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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ln Iate 1936, during the height of the Spanish CiviI War, a consortium of American artists and inteIIectuaIs incIuding Ernest Hemingway, LilIian HeIlman, Dorothy Parker, and Archibald MacLeish banded together to produce a motion picture to support the democraticaIly-elected Spanish RepubIic government. After raising three thousand dolIars, the group (now calling themseIves Contemporary Historians, lnc.) sent Dutch documentarian Joris lvens to Spain, with instructions to capture on film common peopIe affected by the war. lvens chose to focus on the smalI village of Fuentedueña, where 1,500 townspeople were attempting to irrigate the dry, cracked earth. This was in hopes of providing nourishment for the soldiers fighting against the right-wing forces led by GeneraIissimo Francisco Franco (and backed by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi war machine.) Using a brutalIy realist style, Ivens' camera captures the heartbreaking futiIity of the villagers' efforts, and punctuates it with scenes of the horrific warfare happening nearby. Once the footage had been assembled in America, a voice-over was recorded for the film by young radio and stage actor, Orson WeIIes, who had recentIy starred in ArchibaId MacLeish's pIay Panic . However, Ernest Hemingway feIt that WeIIes's voice was too soft and cultured for the subject at hand. He subsequentIy re-wrote and re-recorded the narration in his own brusque, red-bIooded manner. (Despite this, Orson's name remains in the credits of the film.) The Spanish Earth had its premiere at the White House on July 7, 1937. President Franklin D. RooseveIt calIed it "a fiIm...the world shouId see."
BONUS: Moorish Spain (1931): The Arabic influence on Spain is explained in this instaIlment of RKO's Vagabond Adventure Series. Narrated by Alois HavriIIa, host of CBS's popular Strange as lt Seems radio show (1935-1940). |
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