As a film production student, I always try to make a habit of researching reviews and articles about each film I see after I watch them. I thought this article, while brief, did a good job of both breaking down what the movie was about as well as commenting on its origins. I liked how it addressed the film's unique structure as a weaving-together of "documentary, neorealist, and satirical elements...that's more energetic than the sum of its occasionally slow-moving, disjointed parts". While this film did not have a clear narrative structure, I thought that the feel of the film--the form--related well to what it was trying to evoke--the content--because when you're in the midst of revolution and competing radio broadcasts and resistance groups and underground influence, everything feels a little disjointed and like it's coming from everywhere. By showing us glimpses of various groups, events, and mock-interviews, as well as the various montages of scattered and diverse images while listening to thematic girl-power music, I felt like I was a citizen being exposed to all the chaos going on around me, and I deeply appreciated the marriage of form and content in this manner, allowing me to enter the world of the film.
http://www2.metrotimes.com/screens/review.asp?rid=26396
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