

If you are looking for a fast-paced thriller, stay far away from this one. El comediante is strictly for the archive diggers, the people who find comfort in the crackle of 1930s audio. If you hate slow, theatrical dramas where people gesture wildly like they are trying to flag down a taxi, you will absolutely despise i...


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Leonard Fields

Leonard Fields
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"If you are looking for a fast-paced thriller, stay far away from this one. El comediante is strictly for the archive diggers, the people who find comfort in the crackle of 1930s audio. If you hate slow, theatrical dramas where people gesture wildly like they are trying to flag down a taxi, you will absolutely despise it. 😅 I stumbled onto this one late on a Tuesday night. It is one of those early Spanish-language talkies made when studios were still figuring out how to put microphones near act..."

Ernesto Vilches
V. Domínguez, Melesville, Ernesto Vilches, Leonard Fields
United States

1932 · IMDb 6

