General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait
Original title: Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait
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A documentary on the military dictator of Africa's Uganda.A documentary on the military dictator of Africa's Uganda.A documentary on the military dictator of Africa's Uganda.
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Fidel Castro
- Self
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- (uncredited)
Golda Meir
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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- Barbet Schroeder(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #153.
- ConnectionsEdited into Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981)
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Not really that good a film
I watched this as a supplement to The Last King of Scotland, which I saw the previous weekend. It's actually fairly worthless (this one, that is). I mean, there are interesting things going on in the sidelines. But Amin himself controlled very carefully everything Schroeder was allowed to see and film. He wanted to come off as a good man and great leader. Mostly he comes off as a babbling fool. If anything can be gleaned from the film, it's that this guy just wasn't smart enough to run a country. Like any idiot, Amin let his own bigotry and fear make his decisions for him. Much of the documentary consists of the dictator going on and on about the evils of Israel, and how Uganda will defeat them in an eventual war. There's a little bit of interest here, but mostly the film is dull. Would have made a nice special feature on the Last King of Scotland DVD, but unfortunately Criterion already has the film available.
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