NO
An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
Director:
Pablo Larraín
Cast:
Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers
Screenplay:
Pedro Peirano (screenplay), Antonio Skármeta (play)
Screening Date:
Feb 02, 2013
| Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.4% | 36.7% | 22.4% | 16.3% | 2.0% |
“A Life lesson about dictatorship, well done! The lead actor (Gael Garcia Bernal) was terrific.”
“A little too long, a little too choppy and a little scary.”
“Took a lot of naps. Was uninteresting not knowing the politics in Chile. Other than that the film did not hold my interest. The comments from our audience slightly enhanced my interest in the politics of Chile at the times.”
“Too long.”
“Amazing that entire countries can be influenced or tricked or coerced into democracy through the power of media and advertising. And it makes us painfully aware that advertising is all too often a triumph of style over substance that questions the sophistocation of the average voter.”
“Very interesting subject matter. The camera work was awful. I felt as if I was watching a home movie.”
“The medium is still the massage. A tense journey (even if one knows the political outcome) up to the final scene. This film reminded me of that Russian film we saw last term regarding the use of adversary to manipulate things. (ed note: GENERATION K). Well done.”
“Reminiscent of Obama’s first campaign with the promise of change in a world which is too controlled and clunky to actually have real social change. You can change the advertising about the system in control but even though they seem to have been defeated they are still present.”
"Gael Garcia Bernal is always interesting to watch.”
“Learned a lot. Never knew about the NO campaign.”
“Perfect timing for a film about advertising on the day before the Superbowl. The commercials are often more interesting to watch than the game.”
“So well done and effective, totally fascinating. Now how do we make this happen here? If only we could get more people engaged in our democracy and elections in our country. Yet I’m glad that even our worst presidents weren’t Pinochets.” Jeanne K
“Sure makes one appreciate having lived with that kind of fear.”
“The cinematography was effective and made for a seamless documentary like film. Performances were fine. But truth told I didn’t care much one way or another about this topic.”
“I thought the lead character was fascinating, and although seems at first cold to his son, he ultimately clearly cares about his son. Perhaps he was treating his son as his father had treated him, or having lost his father, didn’t know how to play with his son, thus the numerous scenes of him playing with the trains without his son.”
“The integration of documentary footage and created footage was remarkably seamless, and brave in this day of high-definition everything, but that made it far more genuine than super-clean cinematography.”
“Ain’t politics grand!”
