Walker (Una historia verdadera)

Título original: Walker

1987
R
1h 34min

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An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.

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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaAn unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.

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Curiosidades
Alex Cox says on the commentary of the Criterion Collection DVD, that out of all the movies he's done, and despite the fact that this film had hurt his career as a Hollywood director, he believes that Walker (Una historia verdadera) (1987) is his best work.

Pifias
This film is littered with anachronisms (for example: modern cars, color printed magazines and Coca-Cola bottles). However, these are clearly an artistic choice by the filmmaker and cannot be considered true 'goofs'.

Citas
Doubleday: I cannot help noticing Sir, during the time I've spent with you, that you've betrayed every principle you've had, and all the men who supported you. May I ask why?
William Walker: No you may not.
Doubleday: What exactly are your aims?
William Walker: The ends justify the means.
Doubleday: What are the ends?
William Walker: I can't remember.

Versiones alternativas
All horsefalls using tripwires were cut from the UK release, but the complete version has been shown twice on network TV (BBC2).

Conexiones
Edited into Dispatches from Nicaragua (2008)

Banda sonora
Silver Threads Among the Gold
(uncredited)
Music by H.P. Danks
Lyrics by Eben E. Rexford
Arranged by Joe Strummer

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8/10

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Visionary movie-making. I will not write any spoiler, so I can't describe the brilliant way Cox expresses his story with some mind-bending visual and verbal devices. Some might dismiss it as trickery, but I think of it as magical realism.

William Walker was a real person and his "liberation" of Nicaragua did take place, roughly as shown in this movie. Cox and Wurlitzer took some major liberties with historic details- perhaps for narrative pace, budget reasons, or whatever. I read quite a lot about Walker and Nicaragua after seeing this movie and there's no distortion for ideological reasons.

If you value originality, subtlety, honesty and an occasional slap in the face, see this movie. I envy first-time viewers.