Review of Burn! (1969) by Karl S — 15 Sep 2008

Perhaps most interesting for refusing to grant Brando--who stands in for the West at its most capable and self-reflexive--any redemption or understanding, and for 'Jose Dolores'' refusal in his final imprisonment to talk to any white man, even while he builds the next generation of revolutionaries. In so doing, Pontecorvo prevents us from daydreamy identification with the revolutionaries; that (and also the *complete* elimination of women) is among the chief differences from Battle for Algiers.

I understand Burn was re-released in 2004 in the original Italian (w/ a dubbed Brando) and with 20 more minutes of stuff. I'm very curious to know what happens in those bits.