Burn! Comments

  • Jacques 2023-01-14 03:45:55

    Brando's best...

  • Margarita 2023-01-08 06:26:04

    The film is a microcosm of the nineteenth century old imperialist countries' colonization of Africa and the history of black people's struggle for independence. The narrative in the first half of the film is mediocre, and the climax goes on and on. First, the Portuguese colonists are overthrown by England and its agents and the indigenous black leaders. Then the agents compete with the indigenous leaders for leadership, and the latter wins, and then the indigenous leaders lack governance due to...

  • Nikita 2022-12-24 01:15:59

    "If a man gives you freedom, it is not freedom. Freedom is something you take for...

  • Danielle 2022-11-08 16:07:43

    The improvisation exudes a wild beauty to...

  • Bettie 2022-10-29 12:51:20

    The theme of critical colonialism comes first, but it is still an allegory of the post-colonial...

  • Anthony 2022-10-11 23:23:46

    Brando chooses to perform the best work of his career, and this film is really direct, brutal, and unreservedly showing the cruelty and unscrupulousness of capitalism, which can raze an entire island to the ground in order to maximize exploitation. What about an independent country? It's not like shooting your puppet president and coming in on a tall horse. (It's alluding to Americans here.) The freedom others give you are not real freedom!...

  • Daniella 2022-10-11 22:18:50

    Sow the fire of revolution and spread the virus of civilization. Using the modernization process of religious assimilation of capital industry to accelerate the demise of native civilization, Brando's teaching of English-style noose knots to native executioners is extremely symbolic. So this is making the bullet fly?...

  • Bertha 2022-10-11 22:17:03

    Strategizing the big boss. A brutal capitalist political allegory. Freedom given by others is not true...

  • Emery 2022-10-11 12:27:04

    The British incited the slaves to rebel against the Portuguese, and the conscious black leaders did not buy the British. From slaves to hired workers, in fact, they are all enslaved, and everything is for profit. The so-called civilization is a rule set by a strong and mature party, and a civilized person will become extremely uncivilized for the benefit. Marlon Brando is also a teacher and a friend, coming and going in a hurry, but he is still a mercenary after...

  • Lee 2022-10-11 12:02:59

    Colonial/social revolution issues are still of great value today, but very few works have been written on them. Brando's performance in this film is really good. He sometimes has a pretentiousness, but this time it is unusually natural. Morricone's score...

Extended Reading

Burn! quotes

  • Teddy Sanchez: Who knows? If there hadn't been a Royal Sugar, would there have been a José Dolores? Who knows, General?

  • Shelton: There are no more plantations, they're all burnt to the ground.

    Sir William Walker: They'll rise again.

    Shelton: In 10 years, Sir William.

    Sir William Walker: Well, you have another 89 years to exploit them.

Burn!

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Language: Italian,Portuguese,English Release date: October 21, 1970

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