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The soldiers of invisible front!
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And who is it in the last pic? Isn't it Dean Reed, Soviet-American pop idol and peace champ?
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Berlin und Berliner Geschichten
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E-Encyclopedia of Dean Reed...Дин Рид в России:
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Mit ‘Dean-Reed’ getaggte Artikel
Berlin History 12 – Ich Bin Ein Berliner 4 (of 4) – Matt Frei – BBC Documentary
Berlin History – Ich Bin Ein Berliner – Matt Frei – BBC Documentary Ich
bin ein Berliner – Series in which Matt Frei explores different aspects
of Berlin, a city that thrives on diversity. Hedonism and creativity are
the hallmarks of Berlin. From Cabaret to Iggy Pop, from Otto Dix to
Turner prize winner Simon Starling: Culture is Berlins calling card, but
its reputation is built on a past of conflict and consolidation. How
has Berlin resolved its multi-ethnicity both in the past and in the …
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Guadalajara en verano [Guadalajara in Summertime]
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(Prods. Bueno, 1964) Prod: José Luis Bueno; Dir: Julio Bracho; Scr:
Adolfo Torres Portillo; Photo: Alex Phillips; Music: Manuel Esperón;
Assoc Prod: Y. Xavier Torres L. de Guevara; Prod Chief: Alberto A.
Ferrer; Asst Dir: Julio Cahero; Film Ed: Jorge Bustos; Art Dir: José
Rodríguez Granada; Makeup: Sara Mateos; Sound: Jesús González Gancy;
Choreog: Cuca García Brambila; EASTMANCOLOR
CAST: Elizabeth Campbell (Peggy), Xavier Loyá (Javier), Claudio Brook
(Prof. Fernando Luna), Alicia Bonet (Lourdes), Patty Hobbs (Susan
Woodbridge), David Reynoso (Pepe), Lynn Karol (Monica Foster), Enrique
Rocha (Juan), Claudia Nicol (Claudia), Dean Reed (Robert Douglas), María
del Carmen Rodríguez Morquecho "Almendrita" (Laura), Fernando Soto
"Mantequilla" ("Chinto" (Jacinto)), Andrea Palma (doña Josefina Rosas),
Emma Roldán (dóna Lucrecia), Lola Casanova (singer), Enrique Díaz
Indiano (priest)
NOTES: this is a mildly entertaining romance with heavy doses of
travelogue-type footage of Guadalajara and other locations in the state
of Jalisco (such as Lake Chapala). Producer José Luis Bueno later made
two other, similar, films: Cuernavaca en primavera (Cuernavaca in
Springtime) and Los angeles de Puebla (The Angels of Puebla). All three
features had multiple plot-lines and a lot of cinematic sightseeing.
Despite the ensemble cast, top-billed Elizabeth Campbell is given a
great deal of attention (even the movie's poster features a full-length
image of her in a bikini). While some of the foreign performers seem to
be dubbed, it's very difficult to say if Campbell was or not. She seems
to be doing her own dialogue, and very well indeed. Campbell is
showcased in a variety of low-cut dresses and a revealing red and white
bikini, and her portion of the "plot" is slightly more involved than
some of the others.
The rest of the cast is satisfactory. Among the trivia notes: Claudio
Brook appears with his future wife, Alicia Bonet, and Andrea Palma is
the sister of director Julio Bracho. Dean Reed, who had a sporadic
career in Hollywood and international cinema as a singer and actor,
later developed leftist political views and spent the rest of his career
working in Socialist countries (Dean Reed, American Rebel is a
documentary about his life).
Guadalajara en verano follows the adventures of a group of visitors to
that city: Peggy, Susan, and Robert are American students attending the
summer school there; Claudia is a French architecture student; Monica is
a divorcee who is writing an article for the "Los Angeles World." This
group meets up with Professor Fernando Luna (who pairs off with Monica),
charro Pepe (who captivates Peggy, since she loves the charros in
Mexican movies!), rich playboy Javier (who has a stormy relationship
with Claudia), Pepe's sister Lourdes (teamed up romantically with
Robert). Also in the mix are acting student Juan (brother of Pepe and
Lourdes, he loses Peggy to his more macho brother), Lourdes' younger
sister Laura, hansom cabbie Chinto, and elderly landladies doña Josefina
and doña Lucrecia.
At the end of the summer, Fernando proposes to Monica, Robert proposes
to Lourdes, and Pepe proposes to Peggy (although he apparently agrees to
go back to Oregon with her, rather than staying in Mexico). The romance
between Javier and Claudia is left unresolved. The end of the film
reverses the opening, as the principals depart from Guadalajara via bus,
train, and airplane.
Guadalajara en verano isn't a very deep or serious film; all of the
protagonists (except Chinto and the two old ladies) are upper middle
class or above. Pepe the charro is actually a rich young man who is
dedicated to preserving this tradition, rather than someone who works
for a living. Claudia asks Javier why he doesn't "study" (he says he's
almost qualified to be a pilot), but not why he doesn't work (he's
obviously rich: Peggy, jealous of Pepe's attentions to Claudia, goes
with Javier to his house in Chapala, a mansion with a huge indoor
swimming pool). Most of the relationships are reasonably innocent and
decorous: early in the film, Juan tries to kiss Peggy, but she stops
him. Later, when Peggy goes off with the womanizer Javier (despite
Lourdes' warning that "he's alone in his house"), all of the other
couples "coincidentally" show up to protect her virtue. Only Javier is
portrayed as having somewhat less than honest intentions (in one scene, a
priest criticizes his playboy morals), but even he reforms by the
conclusion and proposes marriage to Claudia.
There are plenty of shots of Guadalajara's streets, parks, museums,
fountains, etcetera, as well as some "folkloric" musical interludes
featuring a child's chorus, a brass band, mariachis, dancers, and singer
Lola Casanova. Professor Luna explains that slavery was abolished in
Mexico in the early 19th century ("50 years before Lincoln?" Monica
asks), and criticizes gringos who only know their own nation's history
and are ignorant of great liberators like Hidalgo, Bolivar, Morelos, and
so on. "Well that's what the summer school is for," Monica retorts.
There is also a rather bizarre scene in which Juan does the "To be or
not to be" soliloquy from "Hamlet" during a rehearsal for the play, and
Dean Reed later sings "Don't Tell Him No" (to the tune of "When the
Saints Go Marching In") as the young people do the twist on the beach.
Overall, Guadalajara en verano is a glossy piece of promotional froth,
but it does feature some spectacular views of Elizabeth Campbell, and
also contains some interesting commentary on Mexican images of
estadounidenses (U.S. citizens).
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