Film Review – No

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“No” is a creative take on political filmmaking, using a simple step
backwards in terms of camera equipment to isolate a time and place with a
subtle sense of the video age. It also endeavors to tell a specialized
story of marketing, observing the use of television commercial
techniques and promotional stratagem to win an election, reducing the
urgency of the issues to play a mind game with the masses. It’s
fascinating work from director Pablo Larrain and screenwriter Pedro
Peirano, who manage to slip into the skin of a beleaguered country and
detail the urgency of a revolution, sold one jingle at a time. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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