So Foul a Sky review – courageous lament for Venezuela’s oil-stained self-destruction | Film
Opening with unearthly looking shots of Venezuela’s hulking oil refineries, this strikingly photographed documentary is a lament in response to the political and humanitarian crisis the country has faced in the last decade. As per the title, director Álvaro F Pulpeiro has a habit of looking frequently to the skies, casting them in an aghast, high-contrast yellow and indigo, as if the spillage of this petrostate’s woes has tainted something spiritual in the higher order of things.Interspersing it all with radio commentary…