"The Road to the Wall" explores Communism progression through the years, from Marx ideals up until the Berlin Wall's foundation in the previous year this documentary was made. What it presents to us today is old news but still interesting to see: heavily supported by a spectacular footage, the documentary (narrated by James Cagney) produced by U.S. Armed Forces presents the expansion of Communism around the world, occupying countries to spread its alleged message of solidarity and union but also murdering everyone opposed to it and even former members, a bloody road paved all the way up to a wall, here used as a metaphor for an end while Capitalism is a system of multiple choices and above all, of freedom. But the part that interests us the young man who was killed while trying to cross the border to reach the Soviet side - the narrator doesn't understand it, neither do we. What kind of regime wouldn't allow new supporters to join in?
Yes, it served to take out any illusion people may have had about Socialism and stuff but let's face it, the other system isn't all that embraceable as it is portrayed towards the ending. By spreading freedom "they" (backers of this film) meant financing countless coup d'etats in South and Central America when Communism was having a large acceptance by new politics, and they finance it so they can defend their own interests elsewhere rather than really care about a country repressed by violence. But this film doesn't show that. And if democracy was so important, why not invade Russia or the European nations under Khruschev's regime? Yeah, that's what I thought. Anyone with knowledge of history know those facts. Dig deeper if you don't know about it.
Ignore my minor rant and watch this film because of its historical importance about darker times. They expose a lot of truth but hide their own mistakes. It was a good history lesson, tiring at parts, only affected by some strange inclusion of re-enactments made by voice overs instead of using captions, whenever some Russian authority was speaking. 8/10
Yes, it served to take out any illusion people may have had about Socialism and stuff but let's face it, the other system isn't all that embraceable as it is portrayed towards the ending. By spreading freedom "they" (backers of this film) meant financing countless coup d'etats in South and Central America when Communism was having a large acceptance by new politics, and they finance it so they can defend their own interests elsewhere rather than really care about a country repressed by violence. But this film doesn't show that. And if democracy was so important, why not invade Russia or the European nations under Khruschev's regime? Yeah, that's what I thought. Anyone with knowledge of history know those facts. Dig deeper if you don't know about it.
Ignore my minor rant and watch this film because of its historical importance about darker times. They expose a lot of truth but hide their own mistakes. It was a good history lesson, tiring at parts, only affected by some strange inclusion of re-enactments made by voice overs instead of using captions, whenever some Russian authority was speaking. 8/10
