General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (Blu-ray)

A self portrait.
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  • 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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Fresh82%

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Total Count: 17

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User Ratings: 908
[A] fascinating, often disturbing 'self-portrait', shot at the mid-point of his catastrophic rule.
Sight and Sound
Jul 1, 2007
Rating: 3.5/4 -- A haunting portrait of authoritarian egocentricity that should serve as a cautionary tale to future generations. Full Review
From the Front Row
Jun 3, 2019
...Both terrifying and sorrowful.
New York Times
Apr 7, 1975
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. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006
Rating: 82/100 -- Schroeder's film hypnotically transmits horrific humour and intelligence in an effective manner. Full Review
Apollo Guide
Sep 26, 2002
Rating: 3.5/4 -- A fascinating historical document and an absurd portrait of fascist power run amok. Full Review
MovieMartyr.com
Jul 4, 2002
An interesting but disappointingly facile look at a man who was both a symptom and the source of unspeakable genocide. Full Review
AV Club
May 30, 2001

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A portrait of the inadvertently comic but bloodthirsty Dictator of Uganda. Features an accordion soundtrack performed by the dictator himself.

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  • UPC: 715515207416
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