El disastre… hardly the first, and definitely not the last, time.
10 September 2017
For obvious reasons, this seems an appropriate historial document to highlight today:
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Thank you for posting this. It is appropriate at this moment as you say.
I had never before seen footage that Eisenstein was involved with during his stay in Mexico.
The piano music would be recognized here in New Mexico as that of a song called “La Llorona.” May I assume it is the same song in Mexico?
A different tempo and key than I usually hear La Llorona… but yeah, it is.