Biography - Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth (A&E DVD Archives)
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Actor: Biography, Eva PeronDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A & E Home Video
Movie Reviews of Biography - Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth (A&E DVD Archives)
Movie Review: Not entirely accurate but it's still intriguing.
Summary: 4 Stars
I wished A&E would have had a 90 minute biography segment of Eva Peron instead. Reason being is that there is so much this woman accomplished in such an incredibly short period of time and she aroused such fierce passions that even after her death, mentioning her name would have caused riots and conflicts. But since they didn't this 50 minute biography at least gives us a glimpse into the life of this woman who not only made a name for herself but also became one of the most powerful and controversial woman in history.
This biography traces her meteoric rise from her humble beginnings to becoming one of the riches woman in the world. It includes several photographs and archival film footage. For the most part, the footage is pretty clear, especially during her Rainbow Tour sequence. She looks radiant, glamourous and beautiful. I wish they would have had more footage of her attending to the poor. Apparently there were news camera men with her at all times recording her at her desk or at her many public functions but in all of the documentaries, the same footage is always used. The same goes with the photographs. Being a collector of Eva Peron (I have over 100 books/magazines), I know there are hundreds of awesome photographs of the subject that they could have used but like the archival footage used, it's always the same photos. With that said, this documentary is still an interesting view. It offers some interesting pics of Eva during her years as an actress, revealing commentaries from historians and Eva Peron's friends and rivals, and some haunting photos of Eva's beautifully embalmed corpse in full colour. This is one of the most engrossing biography's in the series. Be warned however, that there is some mis-information and at times it's quite biased but for the most part, it quite factual.
To get an overview of Eva Peron, the good and the bad, I also recommend the Lifetime biography Eva Peron and of course the film musical EVITA, althought the latter should be treated solely as entertainment and NOT as a history lesson since it's extremely inaccurate in places and alot falls under the category of fantasy.
In his excellent book PERON AND THE ENIGMAS OF ARGENTINA, Robert Crassweller wrote of her (after Eva dies):
"Thus she passed from the scene...She was at once admitted to legend and indeed to sacred legend... Behind her she left an amazing amalgam of grief, guilt, mythology, celebration and despair as her friends and enemies sought to adjust to an Argentine world devoid of her central presence... Above all she left a huge space and no successor...
And later on he would write:
..."There would be no second Evita and no pretender to that eminence."
Love her or hate her, one cannot deny the mark Eva Maria Duarte de Peron left in the pages of Latin American history books. The woman was and is a star and her star still shines, just as it did over 50 years ago when she graced the world stage.
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