d/Peter Watkins
Another powerful screed by England's most original agitpropmeister. In 1970 he was in Los Angeles and wanted to capture the turmoil in the US typified by the Chicago police riots, Kent State, Black Power, etc. This film was a fictionalized distillation of that time...a metaphor so incendiary it was only shown in one theater in NYC for four days and then withdrawn.
Young people, dissidents, protestors, are brought to a remote desert location in chains, surrounded by armed military and forced to run a 50 mile course for three days in 100 degree heat with no water.
There have been many films made over the years about tyranny and its effects...none as stark or topical as this one. It's sadly ironic that now, forty years later, it is even more relevant. But you can be sure it will never air on NBC, CNN, etc.
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