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BiografÃa visual de Ho Chi Minh que refleja la lucha del heroico pueblo vietnamita, del director cubano Santiago Ãlvarez.
Observations by WTPF:
Director Santiago Alvarez developed his “nervous montage” technique of using “found materials,” such as Hollywood movie clips, cartoons, and photographs, and his style is considered a precursor to the modern video clip.
“Inna Gadda Da Vida”, by Iron Butterfly is mashed up into the soundtrack of this film. This is an early example of sampling, the use of previously recorded music, to create a new hybrid composition.
Footage from this film, and others that Santiago Alvarez shot or acquired in Vietnam, have rarely been broadcast in the U.S. mainstream media.