There’s a number of great chilean films you haven’t mentioned here: Julio Comienza en Julio by Silvio Caiozzi (1977), Imagen Latente by Pablo Perelman (1988) and El Zapato Chino by Cristian Sanchez (1979). This three movies were made and released under Pinochet’s government, in the years cinema were banned here in this country. You’ve mentioned Silvio Caiozzi’s adaptation on José Donoso’s books, but Julio Comienza en Julio is superb. Pablo Perelman has made the best chilean movie about missing people during Pinochet’s years. Cristian Sanchez is a very well known director in the underground cinema of Santiago, he’s one of the finest auteurs this country has seen in years, inspired by the work of directors like Bresson, Buñuel, Cassavetes, Godard, among others. Another great underground auteur: Ignacio Agüero, his documentaries are probably some of the best documentaries of the last 20 years. I strongly recommend you El Diario de Agustin (2008), a documentary about El Mercurio one of the most influential newspapers in Chile that distortes headlines and articles in order to protect the right wing government lead by Pinochet. As you can see, chilean cinema has been a political cinema from the sixties ’til the nineties.
Want to mention one more thing: cinema from the sixties and the seventies (until 1973) in Chile were inspired by italian neorrealism and the french nouvelle vague, 1968 is the key date: this year had a deep impact in our story with the release of El Chacal de Nahueltoro, Valparaiso Mi Amor and Tres Tristes Tigres. It’s not a coincidence that the cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierrez Alea released his great movie Memorias del Subdesarrollo during this year, probably the best latinamerican movie ever.
Movies from Chile and other Latin American Films almost 3 years ago
There’s a number of great chilean films you haven’t mentioned here: Julio Comienza en Julio by Silvio Caiozzi (1977), Imagen Latente by Pablo Perelman (1988) and El Zapato Chino by Cristian Sanchez (1979). This three movies were made and released under Pinochet’s government, in the years cinema were banned here in this country. You’ve mentioned Silvio Caiozzi’s adaptation on José Donoso’s books, but Julio Comienza en Julio is superb. Pablo Perelman has made the best chilean movie about missing people during Pinochet’s years. Cristian Sanchez is a very well known director in the underground cinema of Santiago, he’s one of the finest auteurs this country has seen in years, inspired by the work of directors like Bresson, Buñuel, Cassavetes, Godard, among others. Another great underground auteur: Ignacio Agüero, his documentaries are probably some of the best documentaries of the last 20 years. I strongly recommend you El Diario de Agustin (2008), a documentary about El Mercurio one of the most influential newspapers in Chile that distortes headlines and articles in order to protect the right wing government lead by Pinochet. As you can see, chilean cinema has been a political cinema from the sixties ’til the nineties.
Want to mention one more thing: cinema from the sixties and the seventies (until 1973) in Chile were inspired by italian neorrealism and the french nouvelle vague, 1968 is the key date: this year had a deep impact in our story with the release of El Chacal de Nahueltoro, Valparaiso Mi Amor and Tres Tristes Tigres. It’s not a coincidence that the cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierrez Alea released his great movie Memorias del Subdesarrollo during this year, probably the best latinamerican movie ever.
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Cinematic references in Music? about 2 years ago
Pasolini is me
‘Accattone’ you’ll be
I entered nothing and nothing entered me
’Til you came with the key
‘You have killed me’ by Morrissey (who else?), from the album ‘Ringleader of the Tormentors’.
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