Oliver Stone's Comandante

[Red Guard]

Has anyone else here seen the brilliant Oliver Stone film, Comandante?

[Red, Green, and Gold]

I've been viciously searching for a copy, to no avail (so far).

[Red Guard]

I downloaded it from Overnet because i also couldn't find a copy.

[UnionofSovietSocialistRepublics]

Yes, i went a fair distance to see it at an independant cinema, and it was well worth it! I definatley would reccomend any fidel/cuba fans out there to try and see this 1.

[MacGregor57]

Hi, first post to site. I am Michael from Scotland. Our newspaper is Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!, check us out at www.revolutionarycommunist.com. Our last issue, 176 had an enthusiastic review of the Stone movie. I plan to write in next issue with my less happy view of the film. Not criticism for its own sake but to create debate. Basically I was not too comfortable with the shiny, happy Castro presented. I like the angry, indignant Castro! How much this was to do with editing, with aiming the movie at US/ European audiences, I don't know. I know the Cuban's are isolated as a socialist country and need every ally they can get. The recent vote against the blockade at the UN where only the US, Israel and the Marshall Islands voted for while 179 voted against, underlines Cuba's solid international standing. Maybe I am just impatient about the tide turning in favour of the oppressed again. I prefer the old Castro taking the floor of the General Assembly, looking the imperialists straight in the eyes and telling the world: "I speak on behalf of the children of the world who do not even have a piece of bread!" What do other comrades think of the movie?

Hasta La Vitoria!