Redes

Fred Zinnemann

Overview

Having studied at the right hand of famed documentarian Robert Flaherty, young aspiring director Fred Zinneman was eminently qualified to collaborate on the direction of the Mexican "actuality" film The Wave (aka Redes). The film was the brainchild of New York-based photographer-documentary producer Paul Strand, who wrote the script and shared directorial credit with the fledgling Zinneman. Filmed on location in Vera Cruz from 1934 to 1935, the continuity follows a group of peasant fisherman as they come to grips with being exploited by local business interests. Strand concentrated on most of the documentary aspects of the film, shooting endless footage of fisherman at work and play, while Zinneman selected the principal actors and handled the dramatic scenes. The Wave was intended as the first in a series on Mexican life, but the money and distributor support just wasn't there; in retrospect, however, Fred Zinneman did pretty well for himself all the same.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/13/2016
UPC:	0747313537259
Original Release:	1936
Source:	Naxos Dvd
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:53:00
Sales rank:	62,774

Special Features

Redes with the original soundtrack 60:12; "Introducing Silvestre Revueltas" with Lorenzo Condelaria and Joseph Horowitz 19:32; "Revueltas and Film" with Roberto Kolb-Neuhaus and Joseph Horowitz 15:39; "Revueltas and Politics" with Roberto Kolb-Neuhaus and Joseph Horowitz 9:46; "Revueltas Beyond Cliché" with Roberto Kolb-Neuhaus and Angel Gil-Ordóñez 10:12