I don't know what it means to say that it's "bad as a documentary." It's trying to get a story out about Latin America that is not widely available in the US. At the moment, unfortunately, it's in a class by itself so far in that regard, as far as a movie you have a chance of seeing in a commercial theater.
Whatever your sister-in-law may think of it, it's not attributable to a feature film director making his first documentary; Stone has made several, going back many years; they have not been widely seen in the U.S. On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, my sister-in-law (Lyn Goldfarb), who has made or helped make > many documentaries (including "With Babies and Banners")* says that > though "South of the Border" is really interesting, it's bad _as a > documentary_. In essence, she suggests that Stone was too arrogant, > thinking that making a documentary was easy because he'd made so many > feature films. > > Robert Naiman wrote: >> The Oliver Stone documentary, "South of the Border" takes aim at the >> media for its misinformed and misleading coverage of Latin America. > -- > Jim Devine > "All science would be superfluous if the form of appearance of things > directly coincided with their essence." -- KM > > * from her website: "The victory of the Great General Motors Sit-Down > Strike in Flint, Michigan, in 1937 was the key to the success of the > CIO’s drive for industrial unionism. The now classic With Babies and > Banners presents the untold story of the women—the working women, > wives, mothers and sisters—who became the backbone of the strike. Rich > with archival footage and riveting interviews, With Babies and Banners > was nominated for an Academy Award." > > * Produced by: Lyn Goldfarb, Lorraine Gray, Anne Bohlen > * Director: Lorraine Gray > * Historian: Lyn Goldfarb > * Director of Photography: Max Reid > * Editors: Mary Lampson, Melanie Maholick > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
