Word: widerburg
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...this respect, The Molly Maguires is more successful than Bo Widerburg's Adalen 31. Both films go into the lives of workers and use their private dramas as a vehicle for describing the political situation. But Widerburg's sets and shooting are too beautiful to convince the viewer of the miserable conditions of the workers. He makes it easy to get caught up in the aesthestic brilliance of his film at the expense of the drama. Martin Ritt was so anxious to portray the dismal realities of the coal town that he originally shot in black and white, taking obvious...
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