It was interesting to watch this movie and think about what it may have been like to live in Guatemala at this time. Seeing the different characters in the movie made me think on the different types of people in this time. From the father and the uncle having disagreements over the current political situation, the brother who becomes very politically active and ends up vanishing, and also the in the schools yards when the girls start teasing Neto, accusing him of having a 'revolutionary' for a father.
I thought this movie was very well done. When I first read what the movie was about, I basically thought it was just gonna be a movie based on the history of Guatemala for two hours. However the movie was very interesting and enjoyable to watch. The filmmaker did a great job in making a good story but also showing how it would have been to live in Guatemala during that time.
¡Finzamos!
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I really liked El Silencio de Neto also. I saw it last tuesday, and to be honest my initial reaction was negative. I'm a history major, so I was actually hoping for a two hour history of the coup. I was initially disappointed that it didn't delve into the political issues that motivated both the coup and the resistance. I was hoping for more info about Arbenz, United Fruit, the CIA and all that stuff, but after a day or two I learned to appreciate how good the film is. It is really subtle, but what's incredible is how successfully the movie reveals the injustice of the coup, and the extent of the nations instability, without showing extreme acts of violence or resorting to any form of blatant propaganda. The more I thought about it the more I realized how good a movie it is.
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