This is probably the most communist film I've ever seen. Yes, you read correctly: "communist" not "anti-communist"! The communists must not be allowed to speak - that is the point of this movie and with this point it declares that the communists are right, since obviously their arguments are so strong and full of convincing virtue that it will beat the weak plea of the capitalists any day.
This film really does not go beyond the statement above. If you are looking for an intelligent debate between father and son on the issue of any -ism, you will have to go elsewhere. The emotional propaganda of capitalism is however beautifully displayed and, yes, revealed in all its nakedness. It's as if capitalism really hasn't any arguments on virtue and, as this film reveals, their is certainly no free speech! Interestingly, there is also little attempt by the communist to convince his surroundings. He does not even try to debate his mother! it's as if he regarded his parents as insane and beyond all logic, a topic that is brought up openly more than once. Obviously, free speech would never convince people like his parents, who seem to be brainwashed beyond all hope. No, free speech is not allowed for the communist because such speech would convince the intelligent, such as inventors and scientist, who otherwise find little time to engage in these questions.
I'm probably reading too much into this movie, which maybe only is a fairly accurate account of the fifties, intellectually.
I experienced the fifties as a boy and felt there was much love around in a developing society and in Europe we developed toward communism for a long time. Only the brutes of Stalin, Breshnew and the like kept us from full communism. Crustiev was a little different as was Gorbatjov.
Today we have the internet and youtube and are not as easily fooled as during the fifties. Still, it's an interesting thought that there is no attack on rich and poor to end these abominations, whereas a 100 years ago that was openly and seriously discussed and so gave rise to communism and anarkism.
This film really does not go beyond the statement above. If you are looking for an intelligent debate between father and son on the issue of any -ism, you will have to go elsewhere. The emotional propaganda of capitalism is however beautifully displayed and, yes, revealed in all its nakedness. It's as if capitalism really hasn't any arguments on virtue and, as this film reveals, their is certainly no free speech! Interestingly, there is also little attempt by the communist to convince his surroundings. He does not even try to debate his mother! it's as if he regarded his parents as insane and beyond all logic, a topic that is brought up openly more than once. Obviously, free speech would never convince people like his parents, who seem to be brainwashed beyond all hope. No, free speech is not allowed for the communist because such speech would convince the intelligent, such as inventors and scientist, who otherwise find little time to engage in these questions.
I'm probably reading too much into this movie, which maybe only is a fairly accurate account of the fifties, intellectually.
I experienced the fifties as a boy and felt there was much love around in a developing society and in Europe we developed toward communism for a long time. Only the brutes of Stalin, Breshnew and the like kept us from full communism. Crustiev was a little different as was Gorbatjov.
Today we have the internet and youtube and are not as easily fooled as during the fifties. Still, it's an interesting thought that there is no attack on rich and poor to end these abominations, whereas a 100 years ago that was openly and seriously discussed and so gave rise to communism and anarkism.