General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (Blu-ray)
A self portrait.
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Blu-ray Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: December 12, 2017
- Originally Released: 1974
- Label: Criterion Collection
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Directed by | Barbet Schroeder | |
Director of Photography: | Néstor Almendros |
Entertainment Reviews:
[A] fascinating, often disturbing 'self-portrait', shot at the mid-point of his catastrophic rule.
Sight and Sound
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A haunting portrait of authoritarian egocentricity that should serve as a cautionary tale to future generations.
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From the Front Row
...Both terrifying and sorrowful.
New York Times
Occasionally, and surprisingly, the man seems prepared to laugh at himself: one of the few unexpected features in an otherwise profoundly depressing and exploitative film.
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Time Out
Rating: 82/100 --
Schroeder's film hypnotically transmits horrific humour and intelligence in an effective manner.
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Apollo Guide
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A fascinating historical document and an absurd portrait of fascist power run amok.
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MovieMartyr.com
An interesting but disappointingly facile look at a man who was both a symptom and the source of unspeakable genocide.
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AV Club
Product Description:
A portrait of the inadvertently comic but bloodthirsty Dictator of Uganda. Features an accordion soundtrack performed by the dictator himself.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 79,557
- UPC: 715515207416
- Shipping Weight: 0.20/lbs (approx)
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