The Hour of the Furnaces
| The Hour of the Furnaces | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by |
Octavio Getino Fernando Solanas |
| Narrated by |
María de la Paz Fernando Solanas Edgardo Suárez |
Release dates |
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Running time | 260 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
The Hour of the Furnaces (Spanish: La hora de los hornos) is a 1968 film directed by Octavio Getino and Fernando Solanas. 'The paradigm of revolutionary activist cinema',[1] it addresses the politics of the 'Third worldist' films and Latin-American manifesto of the late 1960s.
Reception
Writing in the New York Times, critic Vincent Canby described the movie as "a unique film exploration of a nation's soul."[2]
Prizes
- Mostra Internazionale del Cinema Nuovo (Pesaro, Italy, 1968): Gran Premio de la Crítica
- Festival Internacional de Manheim (West Germany, 1968): Premio del Publico; Premio FIPRESCI, Cines de Arte y Ensayo; Premio Ecuménico.
- British Film Institute: Best Foreign Film (1974)
- Crítica de Los Angeles: One of the Ten Best Films of the 1970s
- Festival de Mérida (Venezuela, 1968): Best Film Prize
- Semana de la crítica del Festival de Cannes (1969)
(Information from Fernando Solanas's official site.)
References
- ↑ Sight and Sound
- ↑ Vincent Canby, "La Hora de Los Hornos (1968): Argentine Epic." New York Times (February 26, 1971). http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9906E0DB1530E73BBC4E51DFB466838A669EDE
See also
External links
- The Hour of the Furnaces at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49831
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