The Battle of Chile 09/24/24
Icarus Films
Blu-ray
La batalla de Chile. Patricio Guzmán’s 3-part ‘you are there’ documentary of the beleaguered presidency of Chile’s Salvador Allende goes into great detail to show how a democratically-elected government can be destroyed from within. Guzmán’s cameras witness terrible events leading to the military attack on the presidential palace on September 11, 1973. It’s an amazing achievement — the film had to be smuggled out of Chile and away from General Pinochet’s killers. Also included is Guzmán’s first feature, a docu account of Allende’s first year in office — which ends with trouble brewing for his fledgling socialist state. On Blu-ray from Icarus Films.
09/24/24