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简介:Heldupfor7yearsbeforeitwasreleased,FarfromtheTreesseemslikeaperfectsuccessortoLuisBunuel'sLandWithoutBread.Likethatearlierfilm,itisakindofimpressionistictraveloguethatshowsaSpainfarfromthebeatenpathsofthetouristresorts;notonlypovertybutthepersistenceofsuperstitionsandoccultbeliefscapturedbythefilmrebuketheimageofaforward-looking,modernSpainthatbythe60swasbeingpromotedbytheFrancoregime.EstevaGrewelargelyallowstheimagesandjuxtapositionstospeakforthemselves,givingthefilmalyricalfeelingthatsomewhatsoftensitssocialcriticism-thoughobviouslynotenoughforthecensors. ItiscommonplaceforstudentsofSpanishandLatinAmericanculturetospeakofthe"BlackLegend",throughwhichnorthernEuropeansdemonizetheSpanish.Inthisdocumentary,CatalanfilmmakerJacintoEstevaGrewedoesthejobhimself.Here,heattemptstoshowthedarksideofSpanishlife,especiallyitsreligiousfanaticismandpromotionoftheideathatritualisticcrueltyissomehownoble.ThisfilmhadmajorportionsremovedbySpanishcensorsbeforeitwasallowedtobeshown,butthecutsarenotthoughttohaveimproved(ordetractedfrom)thismean-spiriteddiatribe.…