Sinopsis:
- 1920, las minas de carbón de Virginia del Oeste están controladas por las grandes compañías del carbón. Los salarios que pagan a los mineros son muy bajos para mantener el coste del producto bajo, importando mano de obra barata con inmigrantes negros del sur. Una de las ciudades afectadas es Matewan, y cuando los mineros de Matewan se declaran en huelga, la desesperación y la violencia no tardarán en aparecer.
En Fotogramas se escribió:Inteligente reconstrucción de un episodio de la lucha sindical americana, que toma como pretexto la huelga de una colonia minera en los años 20. Planteada como si de un western se tratara, combina con agudeza la acción con la reflexión política, sin caer nunca en el esquematismo ni en el fácil maniqueismo. Tiene la fuerza de un fresco histórico y la profundidad de un alegato moral. Film inédito en España.
AMG SYNOPSIS: Independent filmmaker John Sayles creates one of his more artistic works with this period feature about a volatile 1920s labor dispute in the town of Matewan, West Virginia. Matewan is a coal town where the local miners' lives are controlled by the powerful Stone Mountain Coal Company. The company practically owns the town, reducing workers' wages while raising prices at the company-owned supply and grocery. The citizens' land and homes are not their own, and the future seems dim. When the coal company brings immigrants and minorities to Matewan as cheaper labor, union organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper) scours the town to unite all miners in a strike. As the crisis grows, strikers and their families are removed from their homes by two coal company mercenaries (Kevin Tighe and Gordon Clapp, both also featured in Sayles' Eight Men Out (1988)), and the situation heads toward a final shootout on Matewan's main street . Sayles' simple but telling screenplay brings to light the treatment of immigrants and minorities in the early 20th century South, and it draws sharp parallels between the Matewan labor battle and the Civil War some 50 years earlier. The visual feel of the film is real West Virginia backwoods, with much of the credit going to legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler, whose warm, rustic lighting belies the anxiety and terror felt by the oppressed townspeople. -- Norm Schrager
AMG REVIEW: Writer-director John Sayles specializes in recasting American history through the eyes of overlooked working-class heroes, and his story of striking West Virginia coal miners in the 1920s is one of his most polished and accessible achievements. Based on a bloody battle in the town of Matewan, the film examines labor unions from a critical perspective, shedding light on racial and cultural attitudes that hampered the movement. James Earl Jones gives a powerful, minimalist performance as the miners' leader. Sayles appears in a minor role, as he often does in his own films, as a conservative minister who preaches against the union organizers. Thanks to cinematographer Haskell Wexler, the film is visually rich. Sayles's dialogue and the period settings and costumes are wonderfully authentic, and the customary low budget of a Sayles movie never seems obvious. -- Michael Betzold
- Información complementaria:
- John Sayles. Cine Archivo.
- John Sayles. Senses of Cinema (en inglés).
Ficha técnica
- Guión: John Sayles.
Fotografía: Haskell Wexler (Color).
Música: Mason Daring.
Producción: Peggy Rajski, Maggie Renzi, Ira Deutchman, James Glenn Dudelson, Ned Kendall, Mark Balsam, Amir Jacob Malin, Jerry Silva.
Productora: Cinecom Entertainment Group / Film Gallery / Goldcrest Films International / Red Dog Films.
Reparto:
- Chris Cooper (Joe Kenehan).
- James Earl Jones ('Few Clothes' Johnson).
- Mary McDonnell (Elma Radnor).
- Will Oldham (Danny Radnor).
- David Strathairn (Police Chief Sid Hatfield).
- Ken Jenkins (Sephus Purcell).
- Gordon Clapp (Griggs).
- Kevin Tighe (Hickey).
- John Sayles (Hardshell Preacher).
- Bob Gunton (C.E. Lively).
- Josh Mostel (Mayor Cabell Testerman).
- Nancy Mette (Bridey Mae).
- Jace Alexander (Hillard Elkins).
- Joe Grifasi (Fausto).
- Gary McCleery (Ludie).
- Jo Henderson (Mrs. Elkins).
- Maggie Renzi (Rosaria).
- Tom Wright (Tom).
- Michael B. Preston (Ellix).
- Tom Carlin (Turley).
- Jenni Cline (Luann).
- J.K. Kent Lilly (Pappy's Voice, voice).
- Ida Williams (Mrs. Knightes).
- James Kizer (Tolbert).
- Ronnie Stapleton (Stennis).
- Davide Ferrario (Gianni).
- Frank Payne Jr. (Old miner).
- Hazel Dickens (Singer).
- Charles Haywood (Sheb).
- Neale Clark (Isaac).
- Mitch Scott (Mister).
- Hazel Pearl (Missus).
- Michael Frasher (Lee Felts).
- Frank Hoyt Taylor (Al Felts).
- Fred Decker (James).
- Bill Morris (Bass).
- Delmas Lawhorn (Conductor).
- William Dean (Broker).
- P. Michael Munsey (Broker).
- Thomas Hal Phillips (Boxcar guard (Hal Phillips)).
- Stephen C. Hall (Redneck miner).
- Percy Fruit (Black miner).
- Thomas Poore (Injured black miner).
- Tara Williams (Miner's wife).
- Gerald Milnes (Fiddler).
- Mason Daring (Picker).
- Jim Costa (Mandolin player).
- Phil Wiggins (Harmonica player).
- Thomas A. Carlin (Turley).
- Michael Mantell (Doolin (Michael A. Mantel)).
- Jim Damron (Fireman, uncredited).
- Jason Jenkins (Extra, uncredited).
- Scott A. Martin (Limping Miner, uncredited).
- Ric Siler (Native miner, uncredited).
- Jesse Womack (Gun thug, uncredited).
Premios:
- - 1987: Nominada al Oscar: Mejor fotografía.
Idioma original: Inglés.
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