Review of Salt of the Earth (1954) by Jon C — 21 Aug 2010

I had really no idea what to expect with this movie, but I was pleased with what I found. It's a funny mixture of 40s/50s theatricality and melodrama (you could easily reframe it as a "woman's picture") and what's now recognizable as an "indie" sensibility .

. . by which I mean earnestness. (This is the non-Wes Anderson side of the indie coin, I guess.) Rosaura Revueltas does a very good job. I'll admit to being extremely sympathetic to its political opinions.