- Actors: Maurice Bishop, Jimmy Carter, Fidel Castro, John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Directors: Craig Baldwin
- Writers: Craig Baldwin
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Other Cinema
- DVD Release Date: 28 Nov 2006
- Run Time: 96 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B000IU37OS
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
51,531 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
- #51 in Film & TV > Documentary > Politics
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
The disc actually contains three inventive, odd short experimental documentaries.
Wild Gunman (1978, 3 of 5 stars). 20 min. Using cut up pieces of westerns, Baldwin
explores the US military macho myth. Has its moments, but not as strong as the other
two shorts.
RocketKitKongoKit (1986, 4 of 5 stars) 30 min. Again, Baldwin uses cut up pieces of
Hollywood, instructional and government films, to tell the story of how the West
destroyed the Congo, then turned it over to a madman they continue to support.
Very informative, and a truly different way to deal with documentary storytelling.
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992, 3.5 of 5 stars) 48 min. Baldwin's
most extreme mix of real footage and B-movie silliness tells the story of the US domination
of Latin America, but reinvented as a tale of a fight against evil aliens.
What is funny and creepy, is how close to reality this fictional paranoid version of the US fight
against the left is.
Baldwin has managed to make political hard leftist films without being didactic or boring,
that, in itself, is an accomplishment.
Wild Gunman (1978, 3 of 5 stars). 20 min. Using cut up pieces of westerns, Baldwin
explores the US military macho myth. Has its moments, but not as strong as the other
two shorts.
RocketKitKongoKit (1986, 4 of 5 stars) 30 min. Again, Baldwin uses cut up pieces of
Hollywood, instructional and government films, to tell the story of how the West
destroyed the Congo, then turned it over to a madman they continue to support.
Very informative, and a truly different way to deal with documentary storytelling.
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992, 3.5 of 5 stars) 48 min. Baldwin's
most extreme mix of real footage and B-movie silliness tells the story of the US domination
of Latin America, but reinvented as a tale of a fight against evil aliens.
What is funny and creepy, is how close to reality this fictional paranoid version of the US fight
against the left is.
Baldwin has managed to make political hard leftist films without being didactic or boring,
that, in itself, is an accomplishment.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
4 reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Brave, original, if sometimes difficult to take new approach to 'political' filmmaking
22 Sep 2011
The disc actually contains three inventive, odd short experimental documentaries.
Wild Gunman (1978, 3 of 5 stars). 20 min. Using cut up pieces of westerns, Baldwin
explores the military macho myth. Has its moments, but not as strong as the other
two shorts.
RocketKitKongoKit (1986, 4 of 5 stars) 30 min. Again, Baldwin uses cut up pieces of
Hollywood, instructional and government films, to tell the story of how the West
destroyed the Congo, then turned it over to a madman they continue to support.
Very informative, and a truly different way to deal with documentary storytelling.
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992, 3.5 of 5 stars) 48 min. Baldwin's
most extreme mix of real footage and B-movie silliness tells the story of the US domination
of Latin America, but reinvented as the tale of a a fight against evil aliens.
What is funny and creepy, is how close to reality this fictional paranoid version of the US fight
against the left is.
Baldwin has managed to make political hard leftist films without being didactic or boring,
that, in itself, is an accomplishment.
Wild Gunman (1978, 3 of 5 stars). 20 min. Using cut up pieces of westerns, Baldwin
explores the military macho myth. Has its moments, but not as strong as the other
two shorts.
RocketKitKongoKit (1986, 4 of 5 stars) 30 min. Again, Baldwin uses cut up pieces of
Hollywood, instructional and government films, to tell the story of how the West
destroyed the Congo, then turned it over to a madman they continue to support.
Very informative, and a truly different way to deal with documentary storytelling.
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992, 3.5 of 5 stars) 48 min. Baldwin's
most extreme mix of real footage and B-movie silliness tells the story of the US domination
of Latin America, but reinvented as the tale of a a fight against evil aliens.
What is funny and creepy, is how close to reality this fictional paranoid version of the US fight
against the left is.
Baldwin has managed to make political hard leftist films without being didactic or boring,
that, in itself, is an accomplishment.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The Paranoid Style in American Political Humor
6 May 2008
Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been hearing about this unique film for years now, since a good friend and associate from WCBN-FM told me about seeing it at Ann Arbor's Film Festival some years ago. Surprised to find it available on DVD, I was happy to order it and see it for myself. It does not dissapoint! Narrated in a sort of "hush-hush" nervous whisper, the film purports to "tell the truth" about the communist conspiracy in Central and South America. It does so by using stock footage of various political figures and fifties b-movie sci-fi thrillers clips, and "suggesting" that the communists are in fact alien invaders, mutants who came from a paralell world, slipped through crevices into the earth's crust, where they bred with snakes. In fact, in its round about way, it tells an accurate history of the US C.I.A.'s direct involvement in the overthrow of a number of popularly elected governments. Thank god that the CIA were there to save us from the...ALIEN conspiracy -- or not! This film is not for everyone -- you'll need to dig irony and sci-fi or art films -- but it IS amazing!
super-dense chock full of wackiness
18 May 2012
Amazon Verified Purchase
You may need to take breaks while watching this, it's so dense. Its collage approach can be a bit disjointed and jarring too; Baldwin's style will not appeal to everyone. But if you like paranormal sci-fi conspiratorial weirdness, you just may love this. He crams everything in here. Baldwin runs ATA, an alternative film space in San Francisco, a real cultural treasure. He's a collector of cinematic ephemera/novelties (particularly science-oriented) as well, and sometimes his films feel like a montage of everything he's ever collected with all-encompassing narrative strung together to justify it-- like someone else said "Like Ed Wood, if he made good films"-- remember when Johnny Depp, in "Ed Wood" says of a montage of some found footage, "there's a deserted island, with some explosions, and it's scaring all the buffalo". Well, sometimes Baldwin's narratives feel like that. But in the strung together fragments are also moments of genius. Baldwin is a visionary with a subversive wit with a vast collection of knowledge of science, general weirdness, and cultural detritus. Enjoy!
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