Queimada or Burn ¡ is a sort of memorable sequel to Battle of Algiers , depicting the efforts of a 19th century British ambassador to put down a slave revolt on a Portuguese-run Caribbean island by carrying out a manhunt . It results to be an Italian-made indictment of imperialist control by guerrilla-director Gillo Pontecorco . It sees Brando in nicely ambiguous form as Sir William Walker , a British agent sent to the Caribbean island of Queimada in the mid-1800s to stir up a native rebellion led by Evaristo Marquez against the Portuguese sugar monopoly . Ten years after , Brando is forced to go back there to destroy the revolution himself created, in order to open up trade with Britain and its overseas market companies .The man who sells war. The bloodier the battle - the higher the price. He's going to make a fortune on this one
Attractive film moving between political allegory and epic adventure , containing a competent imagery and providing a provocative , sharp analysis of colonialism , being professionally directed by Gillo Pontecorvo . Displaying a nice filmmaking by Pontecorvo , giving an intelligent movie , though he never allows the allegory to dominate the human content and working from a storyline by expert on the political sub-genre : Franco Solinas . Marlon Brando delivers a stiff-upper-lipped acting , emphasising his role's confused mixture of deceit and dignity , evil and intelligence . Along with Brando appear other secondaries giving acceptable interpretations , such as : the newcomer Evaristo Marquez , Renato Salvatori , Dana Ghia , Giampiero Albertini , among others . This is a good , fascinating and interesting film, though flawed at times .
In addition , a sensitive and evocative musical score by the great Ennio Morricone . As well as atmospheric cinematography by Marcello Gatii and Giuseppe Ruzzeloni . Shot on location in Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia , Marrakech, Morocco, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France and Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy , but a perfect remastering being really necessary . Lavishly produced by Alberto Grimaldi who usually financed Sergio Leone films . The motion picture was compellingly written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo . Being Gillo Pontecorvo's fourth feature film. Although Gillo made fewer than 20 films , he is regarded as one of Italy's greatest directors . He moved to France in 1938 to escape Italy's fascist racial laws. He eventually returned to Italy and led a Resistance brigade during WWII. After the war, he studied chemistry and worked as a journalist before becoming a film director; he started out making documentaries . His first feature film was ¨The Wide Blue Road¨. Pontecorvo was born into a Jewish family , as he directed ¨Kapo¨ that was one of the first films about the theme of Jewish holocaust and one of the more realistic in its recreation . Gillo subsequently directed the successful ¨Battle of Algiers¨ and this ¨Queimada¨ with Marlon Brando and his final feature movie : ¨Ogro , later on, he made Documentaries and Shorts.
Attractive film moving between political allegory and epic adventure , containing a competent imagery and providing a provocative , sharp analysis of colonialism , being professionally directed by Gillo Pontecorvo . Displaying a nice filmmaking by Pontecorvo , giving an intelligent movie , though he never allows the allegory to dominate the human content and working from a storyline by expert on the political sub-genre : Franco Solinas . Marlon Brando delivers a stiff-upper-lipped acting , emphasising his role's confused mixture of deceit and dignity , evil and intelligence . Along with Brando appear other secondaries giving acceptable interpretations , such as : the newcomer Evaristo Marquez , Renato Salvatori , Dana Ghia , Giampiero Albertini , among others . This is a good , fascinating and interesting film, though flawed at times .
In addition , a sensitive and evocative musical score by the great Ennio Morricone . As well as atmospheric cinematography by Marcello Gatii and Giuseppe Ruzzeloni . Shot on location in Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia , Marrakech, Morocco, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France and Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy , but a perfect remastering being really necessary . Lavishly produced by Alberto Grimaldi who usually financed Sergio Leone films . The motion picture was compellingly written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo . Being Gillo Pontecorvo's fourth feature film. Although Gillo made fewer than 20 films , he is regarded as one of Italy's greatest directors . He moved to France in 1938 to escape Italy's fascist racial laws. He eventually returned to Italy and led a Resistance brigade during WWII. After the war, he studied chemistry and worked as a journalist before becoming a film director; he started out making documentaries . His first feature film was ¨The Wide Blue Road¨. Pontecorvo was born into a Jewish family , as he directed ¨Kapo¨ that was one of the first films about the theme of Jewish holocaust and one of the more realistic in its recreation . Gillo subsequently directed the successful ¨Battle of Algiers¨ and this ¨Queimada¨ with Marlon Brando and his final feature movie : ¨Ogro , later on, he made Documentaries and Shorts.