Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait (1974)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.6/10   

Réalisateur:

Barbet Schroeder

Scénariste:

Barbet Schroeder (writer)

Release Date:

30 août 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Biographie | War

Plot:

A documentary on the military dictator of Africa's Uganda.

Plot Keywords:

Dictator | Uganda | Idi Amin | Military | General

Avis des utilisateurs:

Not really that good a film

Ensemble

Idi Amin	...	Himself
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Fidel Castro	...	Himself (archive footage)
Golda Meir	...	Herself (archive footage)

Autre(s) titre(s):

General Amin (UK)
General Idi Amin Dada (USA)
General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (USA)
No One Can Run Faster Than a Rifle Bullet

Durée:

USA:90 min

Pays:

France | Switzerland

Langue:

Anglais | Swahili | Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Netherlands:12 | France:U | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:Btl

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Kampala, Uganda

Company:

Figaro Films

Movie Connections:

Edited into Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981)

Not really that good a film

I watched this as a supplement to The Last King of Scotland, which I saw the previous weekend. It's actually fairly worthless (this one, that is). I mean, there are interesting things going on in the sidelines. But Amin himself controlled very carefully everything Schroeder was allowed to see and film. He wanted to come off as a good man and great leader. Mostly he comes off as a babbling fool. If anything can be gleaned from the film, it's that this guy just wasn't smart enough to run a country. Like any idiot, Amin let his own bigotry and fear make his decisions for him. Much of the documentary consists of the dictator going on and on about the evils of Israel, and how Uganda will defeat them in an eventual war. There's a little bit of interest here, but mostly the film is dull. Would have made a nice special feature on the Last King of Scotland DVD, but unfortunately Criterion already has the film available.