There is interesting implied tension with the idea of 'underdevelopment' that the movie doesn't try to openly resolve. The various elements of the movie coherently point towards some articulation of it.
The main characters flaws are positioned in such a way as to direct some frustration at the image of an unprincipled apolitical person enslaved to their whims (hedonistic) while condescending to the rest of the folk 'fighting the good figh't. His own narrative is dramatized juxtaposed to the documentary type exposition about world events.
"Don't think too hard".
The way he's openly brazen and lecherous read as open disdain for the irony in Sergio's stance and articulation on 'underdevelopment'. The phrase itself even framed as an Imperialist rhetorical trap of sorts. Perhaps its about Sergio's inability to scale personal affairs to the level of politics, leaving him an empty husk of a person. The movie, focusing on him, doesn't make any attempt to resolve this tension because Sergio is always going to be left at a crossroads due to his own stubbornness. There is regret, but never resolve, resolution, or progress.
There is interesting implied tension with the idea of 'underdevelopment' that the movie doesn't try to openly resolve. The various elements of the movie coherently point towards some articulation of it.
The main characters flaws are positioned in such a way as to direct some frustration at the image of an unprincipled apolitical person enslaved to their whims (hedonistic) while condescending to the rest of the folk 'fighting the good figh't. His own narrative is dramatized juxtaposed to the documentary type exposition about world events.
"Don't think too hard".
The way he's openly brazen and lecherous read as open disdain for the irony in Sergio's stance and articulation on 'underdevelopment'. The phrase itself even framed as an Imperialist rhetorical trap of sorts. Perhaps its about Sergio's inability to scale personal affairs to the level of politics, leaving him an empty husk of a person. The movie, focusing on him, doesn't make any attempt to resolve this tension because Sergio is always going to be left at a crossroads due to his own stubbornness. There is regret, but never resolve, resolution, or progress.
