Saturday, February 13, 2021

Viva Zapata! (1952)

Elia Kazan directs Marlon Brando (who does not yet seem to hate his job here) from a screenplay by John Steinbeck. Slanted bio pic of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. Film lacks for actual Mexican's, even Anthony Quinn is part Irish. The film is pretty earnest however and thus better then it should be. Reportedly John McCain's favorite movie. ***

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