1937 Directed by Joris Ivens Commentary by Ernest Hemingway Photography by John Ferno Music by Marc Blitzstein and Virgil Thomson Narrator Orson Welles Sound Director Irving Reis Film Editor Helen Van Dongen
Soon after the Loyalist cause was lost, and Franco installed, the Governments of UK and USA readily recognized his dictatorship until his death of natural causes in the 1970s.
Denis Brian (Hemingway biographer, The True Gen): "In his memoir, Bringing Up the Rear, S.L.A. Marshall wrote that he wasn't surprised at Hemingway's original decision to be neutral, but he was astonished when Ernest changed his mind and went to Spain and wrote as 'a passionate crusader for the Loyalist side, blind to its increasingly red discoloration and uncompromising ugliness.' He was not blind to it.
But he thought communists were vital to win the war against the fascists. He reluctantly concluded that heir tough, ruthless methods were a necessary evil."
Soon after the Loyalist cause was lost, and Franco installed, the Governments of UK and USA readily recognized his dictatorship until his death of natural causes in the 1970s.
barkingmad33 3 years ago
Denis Brian (Hemingway biographer, The True Gen): "In his memoir, Bringing Up the Rear, S.L.A. Marshall wrote that he wasn't surprised at Hemingway's original decision to be neutral, but he was astonished when Ernest changed his mind and went to Spain and wrote as 'a passionate crusader for the Loyalist side, blind to its increasingly red discoloration and uncompromising ugliness.' He was not blind to it.
barkingmad33 3 years ago
But he thought communists were vital to win the war against the fascists. He reluctantly concluded that heir tough, ruthless methods were a necessary evil."
barkingmad33 3 years ago