"Allende en su Laberinto" was directed by Miguel Littin, known for his 2009 film "Dawson Isla 10." The film was created to show the historical events that unfolded for seven hours inside the Presidential Palace of Chile. It shows how the Chilean Military, backed by the United State's influence, took matters into their own hands and overthrew the democratically elected President Salvador Allende. This movie was created to show the actual events that unfolded that changed Chile's government, show who was involved in the coup, and to remember the one's lost during the attack on September 11, 1973 in Santiago.
It was very obvious that the director was trying to get his point across that the United States was directly responsible for the organization of the coup. Littin made the film to show how President Nixon and the United States government forcefully took out President Allende solely because he was socialist. This was because the Cold War was going on, and the US was trying to cease the spread of Communistic ways. Littin represents the Chilean President and his guards as the protagonists being oppressed and taken out of office by a higher power for no reason. His view is blatantly obvious and biased, and makes the movie bad. Although the film is historically accurate with the time of day, it did not give enough information on each side. It pictured the United States as the antagonists for being responsible for organizing the coup, but did not explain why. It showed the US as bad guys without giving reason, and made the movie too biased. Although there were some documentaries made about the events in Chile in 1973, this is the only major motion picture. It seems Littin accepted the other documentaries because his film is historically accurate. The film tells of the events, but also adds inaccurate bits where Allende connects with his guards mid firefight, and all the gunfire ceases very unrealistic. The history is reasonable and tells it very well, but without facts. Other than the actual history, the film making and acting is atrocious. The transitions are to brunt, the sound of the weapons is way off and the actors are not fully inspired by their roll and show that in their acting. Daniel Munoz tries too hard to be tough and undermines the authority of the President. The director and people who like this movie need to watch some American movies to realize how well made they are and how to improve their own filming.
It was very obvious that the director was trying to get his point across that the United States was directly responsible for the organization of the coup. Littin made the film to show how President Nixon and the United States government forcefully took out President Allende solely because he was socialist. This was because the Cold War was going on, and the US was trying to cease the spread of Communistic ways. Littin represents the Chilean President and his guards as the protagonists being oppressed and taken out of office by a higher power for no reason. His view is blatantly obvious and biased, and makes the movie bad. Although the film is historically accurate with the time of day, it did not give enough information on each side. It pictured the United States as the antagonists for being responsible for organizing the coup, but did not explain why. It showed the US as bad guys without giving reason, and made the movie too biased. Although there were some documentaries made about the events in Chile in 1973, this is the only major motion picture. It seems Littin accepted the other documentaries because his film is historically accurate. The film tells of the events, but also adds inaccurate bits where Allende connects with his guards mid firefight, and all the gunfire ceases very unrealistic. The history is reasonable and tells it very well, but without facts. Other than the actual history, the film making and acting is atrocious. The transitions are to brunt, the sound of the weapons is way off and the actors are not fully inspired by their roll and show that in their acting. Daniel Munoz tries too hard to be tough and undermines the authority of the President. The director and people who like this movie need to watch some American movies to realize how well made they are and how to improve their own filming.