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The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection

La batalla de Chile (Parte I): La insurrección de la burguesía

1975

Patricio Guzmán

Documentary, Self: Salvador Allende, Abilio Fernández

8.2

1,655

Documentary The first film in a two-part documentary on the fate of Allende's Popular Unity government filmed throughout Chile from February to September 1973. Part one examines the escalation of rightist opposition following the left's victory in Congressional elections held in March, 1973. Finding that parliamentary democracy would not stop Allende's socialist policies, the right-wing shifted its tactics from the polls to the streets. The film ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"No matter how one reacts to 'The Battle of Chile,' it is undeniably an epic"
		J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"[It] is, above all, a triumph of popular reporting"
		Andy Beckett The Guardian	"The film is an example of a valuable but increasingly rare kind of political film-making, which links the rise and fall of ideologies and politicians directly and dramatically to the society around them"
		Fernando F. Croce Slant	"The film remains a landmark of activist cinema (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

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