We discover that wartime reporting exists in a surreal world where gonzo journalists take trams called desire to the front lines before returning to their hotel to file stories and unwind over drinks. They endure the privations of a city under siege including food shortages and and harrowing bombardments, but when the all-clear sounds can get a little shopping done on the Matrix Gran Via.
The look raises interesting questions about the role of journalism in netwar where photos might be staged, facts twisted and suffering exploited for the benefit of a good story. Although all six characters share a passion to defeat fascism, other motivations are presente.Inevitably all become disillusioned with the Republican cause, as its leadership falls increasingly under the sway of the communist party, as much an enemy of democratic ideals as the fascists. By the revolutions end, one of our subjects will be dead, two will have to flee their own side’s secret police, and the others, with the end no longer in doubt, will turn their attentions to the even bigger story about to engulf the rest of Europe.
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