A lion's share of the fault lies in the narration, the kind of one-sided screen advocacy journalism that has resurfaced in contemporary non-fictions and based-ons.
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03/08/09
The Spanish Earth (1937)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:3
Rotten:1
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Runtime: 54 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: A documentary written and narrated by Ernest Hemingway about the Spanish Civil War and attendant land reform. Hemingway stepped in to narrate when the voice of a young Orson Welles, still listed... [More]
Director: Joris Ivens
Reviews for The Spanish Earth
1 - 4 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Serves as both a look at the humanity of the Loyalist followers and as an historical footnote to a significant time in the modern history of Spain.
07/31/07
Its technique is that of the film document, but Hemingway's narrative makes it a definitely propagandist effort.
03/25/06
Top CriticThe film develops parallel connections between farmers creating an irrigation system and civilian defenders of the besieged Spanish republic.
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