General Idi Amin Dada : A Self Portrait / a film by Barbet Schroeder ; produced by Jean-Pierre Rassam & Charles-Henri Favrod ; a production of Le Figaro, Mara Films, TV Rencontre.
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold out booklet
Full screen (1.37:1). Originally produced as a documentary film in 1974. Special features: New, restored 2K digital transfer, supervised by director Barbet Schroeder, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; Interviews from 2001 and 2017 with Schroeder ; New interview with journalist and author Andrew Rice about Idi Amin's regime ; Plus: an essay by critic J. Hoberman.
Summary:
From 1971-1979 over 300,000 people were put to death at the behest of Uganda's horrifyingly charismatic dictator: General Idi Amin Dada. The film manages to expose the eerie darkness lurking beneath the jolly facade of Amin's camera personality.
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