The Man Who Sells War. A Caribbean island in the mid-1800's. Nature has made it a paradise; man has made it a hell. Slaves on vast Portuguese sugar plantations are ready to turn their misery into rebellion - and the British are ready to provide the spark. They send agent William Walker (Marlon Brando) on a devious three-part mission: trick the slaves into revolt grab the sugar trade for England...then return the slaves to servitude. Colonialism and insurrection are explored in the searing epic Burn!. Both visually and narratively stunning Burn! glows with the fires... of filmmaking genius. Genius is also evident in Brando's complex intelligent portrayal of a man who is both gentleman and scoundrel revolutionary and colonialist. And Ennio Morricone's haunting music memorably underscores the almost overwhelmingly powerful story. [show more]
Italian auteur Gilo Pontecorvo's penultimate film features captivating performances by Marlon Brando and Evaristo Márquez. The former a ruthless agent provocateur for the British Empire hired to instigate a slave revolt on a Portuguese Caribbean colony, in order to secure the island's lucrative sugar cane resources before re-enslaving the natives. The latter; an enslaved citizen turned revolutionary leader, whose newfound political consciousness comes into contention with the imperial powers who fomented the uprising. As good as Pontecorvo's masterpiece 'The Battle Of Algiers' and one of the best political films ever made.
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