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...American imperialists and Soviet revisionists are in no position to scare anyone, much less the heroic and inflexible Albanian people...
When Redford remonstrates, Fonda starts sniping-only to sign a false charmistice when her middle-class mother (Mildred Natwick) arrives. Before long, they are joined by a randy reprobate of a neighbor (Charles Boyer) known as "the Bluebeard of Tenth Street." Bluebeard leads the way to an Albanian hash house that serves such delicacies as black salad and ouzo. The foursome eventually wend their way home, whereupon Fonda and Redford drunkenly declare...
Though neighboring Yugoslavia has abolished visas altogether, the Albanian People's Republic continues to maintain a studiously calculated atmosphere of siege. It has revived the medieval habit of closing down for the night; the open hours are from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. The ever-present Albanian guide, reading from a slightly greasy notebook, explains to visitors that the electric border fence is there to keep Albanian animals from straying into Yugoslavia...
...Albanian Cultural Revolution, however, differs in one major respect from its Red Chinese model. Whereas the Maoists are trying to erase their cultural past, the Albanians are stressing the importance of theirs. Castles and other buildings have been declared "national monuments." Such quaint old towns as Berat and Gjinokaster have been made "museum cities." There, as they have for decades, leathery old peasants in white fezzes and baggy black trousers shuffle through narrow whitewashed streets or huddle in local cafes, sipping muddy Turkish coffee. In the fields outside of town, women still wear brightly ornamented costumes...
...determined effort to improve things. Last year, with Chinese help, industrial production climbed 12%, agricultural production 8.3% and overall national income 10.7%. Hoxha sent thousands of "Red Guards" into the mountains a few months ago to increase the amount of arable land, has launched.a national drive to have Albanians plant and eat more potatoes. He has discreetly stepped up trade with Yugoslavia and Greece, both of which he continues to vilify. For all that, Albania has a very long distance to go before it gets even near the 20th century. An Albanian farmer earns only $32 a month; small locally...