I had the good fortune of being able to see this movie on the big screen last night thanks to a local movie theater that sometimes plays movies that are either hard to come by or are not played in a theater any longer.
This movie was filmed in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco, where I also happen to live. After the movie, there was a small lecture given by a local history professor, and even though his talk was interesting, he didn't really delve into any of the other symbolism which I found to be present in the movie: immigrants being pitted against each other, and exploited not only by each other but by the Capitalist system as well. It's too bad that more older movies aren't shown on a big screen, because I believe that you probably won't receive the full impact of older films on a television.
This movie was filmed in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco, where I also happen to live. After the movie, there was a small lecture given by a local history professor, and even though his talk was interesting, he didn't really delve into any of the other symbolism which I found to be present in the movie: immigrants being pitted against each other, and exploited not only by each other but by the Capitalist system as well. It's too bad that more older movies aren't shown on a big screen, because I believe that you probably won't receive the full impact of older films on a television.