The Island

AmetaphorofanightmareinArgentina.Thisexellentfilmregardingaseclusionplacewherementallyinstablecharacterslive,isundoubtelyaspecialvisionofacurioussituationthatistypicalinArgentina.Furthermoreifwenoticetheyearitwasfilmedin,andwerealizethattherewasadictatorshipatthatmoment,webegintointerchangemorepersonallywiththosecharactersrelatingtheirstorywiththatofa&quot;Caligari&quot;ofa&quot;Brazil&quot;situation,inthesensethatonecanexpressoneselfundersuchterriblesituationsonlybyshowingcharactersthatgomad.Inotherwords,thenormalpeopleofrealityarereallythequestionedonesinsuchaauthoritariancontext.MrDoriahadalreadyfilmedtwofeaturesthathadstrongproblemswithaterrifyingcensorshipandinthismoviehestillfindsthestrengthtofilminterestingandgoodqualitystories.Itisoutstandingthatthisartistalwaysstoodfirminhiscreativeconvictions,eventhroughthoseblackyears.Hisfollowingcareerproveshisauthenticityasamasterofmoviemaking.<br/>　　LitaStanticisoneofthemostimportantproducersworkinginthe&quot;NewArgentineCinema&quot;,responsibleforthedebutfilmsofsomeofthemostcriticallywellregardednewargentinianfilmmakerssuchasLucreciaMartel,PabloTrapero,andIsraelAdriánCaetano.ShehasbeenworkingintheArgentinecinemasinceshewashiredasanassistantdirectorforthefilmDiariodecampamento(1965).Stanticthenbeganmakingshortfilmsinthemid1960s,butthenchangedherfocustoadvertising.SheremainedactiveinArgentinecinemaviathe&quot;CineLiberacion,&quot;anundergroundproductionanddistributioncollectivethatsecretlyshowedfilmsthatwouldhaveotherwisebeenbannedinArgentinabythemilitarygovernment.Duringthepoliticallytumults1970sinArgentina,StanticworkedonoveradozenfilmsincludingAlejandroDoria'sLaisla(1979),whichwasthefirstArgentinefilmtobeabox-officehitduringthedictatorship.Duringthe1980ssheestablishedGEACinematografica,herownproductioncompany.Then,later,LitaStanticProductions.Whenthe&quot;NewArgentineCinema&quot;beganinthelate1990s,shehasproducedfilmswhichhavebeencriticallywidelyacclaimed.FilmssuchasARedBear,LaCiénaga,Bolivia,TheHolyGirlandothers.