Mr.Smith Goes to Washington, Frank Capra , 1939, USA, James Stewart, Jean Arthur , Claude Rains.
The controversy surrounding the figure of Frank Capra is without prejudice to deny its importance: the huge commercial success of his films throughout the decade of 30, lined with countless awards obtaining blends with the favorable critical view of the época.Probablemente Capra is the director of the depression era or at least he knew better connect with the American public that período.Aún today has proven enormously popular with the controversy mentioned above, its supposed sentimentality and idealism and naive to some other place exarcerbado patriotism for his work but for many entredicho.Sin Capra is the director of the good feelings and of illusion.
This time the filmmaker continues his triptych (which started three years earlier The Secret of Life, a work that Mr. Smith Goes saved obvious parallels, and culminating with John Doe ) which displays the corpus of his philosophy heroes populated by simple, honest, idealistic people who are faced with powerful elements as may be corrupt politicians and opportunistic tycoons so that the value of the common people is enhanced and the freedom of the individual as such is introduced in the basis for the development of society.
Smith Goes is inserted into the play "Capriana" with all the consequences, the film pursues the controversy since its inception and from different posicionamientos.Cuando was a project sought by other studies, the office headed by Joseph Breen , regulating the implementation of the guidelines set by the Hays Code alerted them about the suitability of portraying Senators U.S. as corrupt politicians what would be seen as an attack on the country's institutions, and finally the Columbia of Harry Cohn opted to carry out the film under the command of Capra and the script written by Sidney Buchman (who later became victim Witch Hunt) and the censors were satisfechos.No members of the American political class and some members of the press who after the pre-release feared that the film is in full pre-war situation, could offer a negative image the USA. However, the work was well received by critics and the public flocked to theaters becoming the film in a great commercial success shipping the dread that the work will generate anti-American sentiments because of corruption displayed on screen via rápida.Lejos to create the feeling the film was banned in European countries controlled by regimes totalitarios.Y no doubt that certain values \u200b\u200bso characteristic of the American people as the defense of individual freedom and patriotism are celebrated at the filme.Y it is possible by the ability to access Capra in the mythology of the ideology of the average American, the sequence assembly in which the protagonist visits the monuments of the capital USA is noteworthy for its advocacy of the country and democracy.
Directed with brisk pace and skill (the camera set in the famous final speech serves as an example) the film denounces the corruption policy, but exudes an exaggerated patriotism for American and who is not nearly as entire filmography "Capriana" which never delves into the problem, we present it as a contingent individual behavior, ie, accident and not as the essence of the social model, rooted in the cinema of the current director escapista.Eso yes, documentation work of the film is notable as the recreation study Senate and their rooms is accurate and educational sense to explanations that make the process followed for approval laws is commendable.
Without the emotional capacity of that The Secret Life and with fewer doses of comedy, Mr. Smith Goes introduces a cast of notable side ( Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibe, Eugene Pallette or same Claude Rains) and a charismatic pair of protagonists: Jean Arthur and left profile and James Stewart to be praised in his role as good guy, honest and simple (and naive and like Longfellow Deeds not hesitate to undertake a clean smack in certain situations), patriot idealist who is appointed senador.Sus incidents are resolved in the only way possible, taking into account the development of the story: the ending is abrupt to be consistent even given the non-inclusion in the final assembly of the epilogue shot.
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