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Comandante

  • 2003
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  • 1h 39m
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6.9/10
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Fidel Castro in Comandante (2003)
Documentary

Documentary on the director's meeting with Castro.Documentary on the director's meeting with Castro.Documentary on the director's meeting with Castro.

  • Director
    • Oliver Stone
  • Writer
    • Oliver Stone
  • Stars
    • Fidel Castro
    • Oliver Stone
    • Juanita Vera
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    • Director
      • Oliver Stone
    • Writer
      • Oliver Stone
    • Stars
      • Fidel Castro
      • Oliver Stone
      • Juanita Vera
    • 18User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
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    Fidel Castro
    Fidel Castro
    • Self
    Oliver Stone
    Oliver Stone
    • Self
    Juanita Vera
    • Self (Castro's Interpreter)
    Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
    Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    John F. Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Eva Perón
    Eva Perón
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Janet Reno
    Janet Reno
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jaume Roures
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Santiago Segura
    Santiago Segura
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Oliver Stone
    • Writer
      • Oliver Stone
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    10gavin-96

    Balanced on a tightrope

    Watching recent documentaries from writers such as Michael Moore, one may be confused to what a documentary actually is. Comandante is a perfect example of what a documentary should be like. By the end of its running, the viewer has seen a balanced account with enough information either way to give food for thought.

    I came away from this asking myself - 'is Castro a truly great man?', or is he 'full of ***t'?, or on the other hand has he just not practiced what he has preached?

    Moore on the other hand comes from a journalistic angle, everything so over emphasised and dramatised, as if he is almost trying to convince the viewer to agree with him. He presents information through his own paradigm of the opinion he is carrying at the time.

    Comandante is a mature documentary, flawless in presentation as Stones work generally is; but the key to its quality, is that it does not give you the answer. It documents the facts.

    Comandante easily achieves what it sets out to do. Some viewers may expect more given the subject, but for the purist, satisfaction guaranteed.
    bijou-2

    Weak documentary for the Castro fan club only.

    This film is an interesting document only because it provides a glimpse into the leader's more trivial pursuits. ("I've seen TITANIC on video. It needs a big screen" says Castro.) It fails miserably where Oliver Stones asks tough questions yet fails to pursue the partial answers, or at times total avoidance of the question altogether.

    Some of the issues talked around are surprising (The CIA role in Angola, Cuba's AIDS quarantine camps, the role of Miami exiles, 1980's prison camps for gays) while others are just bizarre (the lack of multiple parties in Cuban elections, his son's US education, Nicaragua and Venezuela).

    The documentary instead puts us through yet another series of Che Guevara tales told less than honestly by Fidel. The frequent shots of Eva Peron suggest that Fidel Castro's revolution is not a failed relic but rather the dreamy illusions of yet another misguided albeit glamorous femme fatale.
    Decko_koji_obecava

    Lower your expectations...

    Like one of the previous reviewers I also recently saw 'Comandante' on Canadian cable outlet CBC Newsworld...

    Nothing earth shattering to report here: to the extent that I'm even having trouble labeling the movie interesting, which is quite a surprise considering the array of historically significant topics and events it touches on - though I must say seeing Fidel sport a black pair of Nikes as he paces around his office (apparently on regular basis to get exercise) might alone be worth the price of admission.

    Observant audience members will also notice he grows his fingernails long for no apparent reason, which I guess is the kind of vanity one engages in after ruling a nation with an iron fist for 40+ years.

    Those expecting Bill O'Reilly-type barrage of aggressive queries thrown Fidel's way will be more than disappointed. If you've ever wondered what it would be like if Robin Leech and pre-'View' Barbara Walters morphed into single person who then got an assignment to interview a sitting president.... well, you may have gotten your answer in Stone's laid back style.

    Though it's clearly not all Oliver's fault, I'm really none the wiser about Fidel after 'Comandante' than I was, say, about JaRule following his appearance on MTV's 'Cribs'.

    The reasons why this 2-colourful-guy chitchat ended up on TV instead of being released in the theaters are very much political and duly reflect America's current paranoid social climate.

    However, in the end the movie actually profited from such skullduggery since even on the small screen I found it only marginally arousing. Having to pay $12 ticket for this would really be a bummer.
    7alberto_cascante

    Stone's lifetime effort

    Oliver Stone, probably one of the most relevant filmmakers of the last decades in the United States, has been trying to get the American public –one of the most ignorant and alienated populations among developed countries– into alternative sides of what in the USA has been called the "official story". Comandante is not an exception in that aim, and it may approach the viewers to some topics that big media corporations and the military-industrial complex have been boycotting through the years in order to avoid the public to ask their government about some big questions. Stone's filmography evidences his own interest in the last half of the recent century –the half he was born in and the events, after WW2, that bring the United States to become what we know today–, and the plots that –in his own words– diminished individual freedom and democratic values in "the land of the free and the home of the brave!" Position for which he has often been criticized "for promoting conspiracy theories and alleged historical inaccuracies." This documentary is an important effort, now that Fidel Castro –one of the 10 most influential politicians of the last century– is probably close to the end of his life. Some analysts have said that the 20th Century will have officially ended after Castro's death.
    8cubanorwich

    Lets see Bush up Close and Personal

    It warms my heart to discover that there are human beings in charge on some parts of the planet. Stone's documentary, although annoyingly pop videoish in places shows us the human side of Castro. I do not care where your politics lie, who can argue with a policy of housing, education and health care for all. Castro is portrayed by the US in an uncomplimentary light, well its good to know not all Americans feel that he is a ruthless dictator.

    I want to know what Bush would say about crime, prostitution, religion, war and torture. He would not only deny it he would outright claim his country to be perfect. well nobody or country is perfect, and a least Castro can admit this. I just think of all he has achieved with one hand tied behind his back, it put's the West to shame, if his democracy is different to our's, who are we to say he is wrong!

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    • Trivia
      At the beginning of the movie, when Stone and Castro are strolling through the corridors, you see Santiago Segura, dressed in white, standing in front of a group of people.
    • Connections
      Features Vatel (2000)
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      Written and Performed by Paul Kelly

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    • Release date
      • June 6, 2003 (Spain)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Spain
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Son efsane - Comandante
    • Production companies
      • HBO Documentary Films
      • Media Produccion
      • Morena Films
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      • $135,633
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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