. . . would provide at least SOME clue as to the origin of America's most intractable Problem of Today when it emanates from the exact source of this continual Thorn in the USA's Side, Mexico. However, this alleged documentary--LAND OF ORIZABA--sheds little if any light upon this lawless region singled out frequently now by Leader Trump as a prime example of a deplorable, loser "sinkhole country." Though our southern enemy has one of the highest murder rates on Planet Earth (with 99% of these slayings going unsolved by the inept and notoriously corrupt so-called "government" of this failed nation-state), the tunnel-vision narrator for LAND OF ORIZABA does NOT mention so much as a single pocket being picked. Furthermore, as he rides along on one of those nefarious invading caravan trains through the heart of the Drug Cartels, this blathering bozo remains myopically focused on magnolias, sugar cane and vanilla rather than pot, poppies, and "pep pills." Though the passing countryside's lack of a single Port-a-John amid LAND OF ORIZABA helps to explain the successive waves of pestilence sweeping into our American Homeland with the food "imports" spewed forth from this unsanitary swampland, Cathy's Clown again stands mute in the face of such an obvious, slam-dunk indictment. Thank Goodness we 21st Century Americans now have Leader Trump's Great Wall to protect us!
2 Reviews
One would hope that "primary source material" from the 1900s . . .
tadpole-596-91825616 July 2019
Warning: Spoilers
TravelTalks
Michael_Elliott31 October 2011
Land of Orizaba (1943)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Decent entry in MGM's "TravelTalks" series has James A. FitzPatrick taking a train ride from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, along the way telling us some history and letting us see some nice locations. We start off learning about the first railway that was built and get a brief bit of history about the Aztec Indians in Mexico City. Up next we learn about some of the items exported including pineapple, tobacco and the highly dangerous vanilla bean, which we're told is the most dangerous thing to try and raise due to so many conditions having to be right. From here we visit a resport in Fortin de las Flores, which we're told has the greatest swimming pool of anywhere in Mexico. We also learn that they love the gardenia flower and each room is full of them. From here we learn about a few churches including the Shrine of Guadalupe, which is perhaps the most famous due to a vision of the Virgin Mary. All in all this is a pretty decent entry in the series, which fans have come to expect. As normal, you get some terrific images in Technicolor that really sells the picture and FitzPatrick is full of nice stories about the history of the things we're looking at.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Decent entry in MGM's "TravelTalks" series has James A. FitzPatrick taking a train ride from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, along the way telling us some history and letting us see some nice locations. We start off learning about the first railway that was built and get a brief bit of history about the Aztec Indians in Mexico City. Up next we learn about some of the items exported including pineapple, tobacco and the highly dangerous vanilla bean, which we're told is the most dangerous thing to try and raise due to so many conditions having to be right. From here we visit a resport in Fortin de las Flores, which we're told has the greatest swimming pool of anywhere in Mexico. We also learn that they love the gardenia flower and each room is full of them. From here we learn about a few churches including the Shrine of Guadalupe, which is perhaps the most famous due to a vision of the Virgin Mary. All in all this is a pretty decent entry in the series, which fans have come to expect. As normal, you get some terrific images in Technicolor that really sells the picture and FitzPatrick is full of nice stories about the history of the things we're looking at.
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