Most of the people closest to me know my passion for cinephilia. So this time I will try to reconcile cinema and economy. During this hot summer, I tried to frame some movies in a more representative classical cinema frame.
In this new journalistic zeal, I chose one of the films that grabbed me the first time I watched it and immersed me in the whole plot, especially for its cinematographic quality and logically for the brilliance of its actors’ interpretations. and the lead actor. Without further delay, I admit that I mentioned it. GILDA (1946) was released in Spain in December 1947. In the midst of the post-war era and with an audience wanting to see good movies and better actors, in this case Rita Hayworth She took the cake, which caused a huge publicity noise during its premiere and miraculously evaded censorship.
Director Charles Vidor said that, as we commented, American Rita Hayworth and Glen Ford were the main actors. To explain the story I want to tell, I’m missing a third character I need to introduce to you, actor George Macready, keeping up with his sinister character Ballin Mundson.
Anyone who remembers watching this movie once will not forget one of the movie’s most important sequences; we put on the plane Ballin Mundson Y johnny farrellStart a somewhat vigorous and persuasive conversation about tungsten or the mineral also known as tungsten, a chemical element studied by everyone in high school chemistry textbooks. They talk about tungsten and patents. It is a series in which, at the end of the Second World War, he describes the concepts of trust, monopoly, competition and market strategy with clear mastery on a raw material very suitable for the military industry. The entire plot takes place in the capital city of Buenos Aires, where the Nazis fled for search and capture.
In essence and succinctly, owner Mundson explains to Farrell that he is a member of an international trust that trades in tungsten and holds patents to control its worldwide production. Thinking that controlling a particular strategic item can dominate the world.
The prevailing conclusion on the importance of controlling a raw material. In the turbulent times we are living in right now, something very similar is happening to us with the famous gas that Putin controls and seeks to suffocate the West by undermining the welfare state we are used to.
In Spain we were told that we have a short and medium term guarantee of control of the price of the material on the Iberian market. stockpile Although it has been 50% more expensive in the last two months, it’s less than half of what’s on the market. Title Transfer Facility (TTF), The main supply for the rest of the European Union. To find out more: www.mibgas.es and also very interesting: www.naturalgasintel.com/ttf/
We understand nothing about the reliance or monopoly of the raw materials necessary for the consumption of families and companies, as happened to Farrell in the film. Now we need to go back to remember the painful past times of shopping cart restrictions and shortages through the spiraling rise in cost and price inflation. Rationalize energy consumption and realize alternatives for electricity generation and gas savings.
Yes, I would like to suggest two things to you: Revisit the movie commented on these lines and pay back the same coin to those who are ultimately responsible for this economic and political hysteria and irrationality, as well as the legendary and today politically incorrect slap that Gilda received in her movie. .