Tomas Gutierrez Alea, a comedy from 1962
Shot usually with a slowly tracking camera, often moving in. It establishes a space, or at least makes sures to do so, even when starting quite close. Their is a couple of nice gags from the background. It has rather long takes, which gives it a nice ar of classicism. All told, it looks decent enough; with quite a bit of shooting from a high angle, always reasonably balanced, and some nice long shots, especially at the end.
What we have here is a straightforward plot, with a few diversions, running through. But this is really very loose. Quite a few takes really have really little to do with the main story, or why they do is only revealed later. As I said, there is a goal at the end of this, but it is very much peripheral. This is also in that the characters are much more than this one goal. This is a fine character study; not overplayed, but with a clear general message, we don't have distinctive traits so much as a nice slow-brun of the atmosphere, as the two characters deal with socialism in their own way. Not outstanding, but an interesting and pleasurable film.
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