Cradle Will Rock Movie Download

10 / 10

American history X (make that A+)
Under-appreciated story of various and sundry events in the 1930s: the rise of fascism in Europe, Orson Welles’ stage production of Marc Blitzstein’s politically charged opera “The Cradle Will Rock”, and Nelson Rockefeller hiring Diego Rivera to paint a mural, all in the midst of the Depression. The movie jumps around a lot, but it does pretty much succeed in tying everything together. And I shouldn’t have to explain that the cast is beyond impressive: Hank Azaria as Marc Blitzstein, Ruben Blades as Diego Rivera, John Cusack as Nelson Rockefeller, Cary Elwes as John Houseman (who later became an Oscar-winning actor), Angus MacFayden as Orson Welles, Bill Murray as red-bating ventriloquist Tommy Crickshaw, Susan Sarandon as Mussolini’s cultural emissary Margherita Sarfatti, and various other people (among them Bob Balaban, Jack Black, John Carpenter, Joan Cusack, Philip Baker Hall, John Turturro and Emily Watson).

There are some lines that really give one a “gotcha” feeling. For example, Diego Rivera complains to Margherita Sarfatti that she is Jewish and working for the Fascists, and she notes that he is a wealthy Communist. Later, after Tommy Crickshaw has spent so long calling people Commies, his dummy suddenly calls for Socialism. An awe-inspiring, if sometimes confusing, movie.Read More