The film "Allende en su laberinto", the main subject at hand is the war between Chile and the United States and the eventual death of the first elected president, Salvador Allende. The director, Miguel Littin, created this film in order to give perhaps an American audience a Chilean viewpoint of the event and how the United States and Chilean Army betrayal hurt Chile as a whole. Miguel seems to direct a lot of documentaries with works such as; Acta General de Chile, Crónicas Palestinas, and compañero presidente. Him creating a pro-Chile movie about the possible assassination of President Allende is not surprising as all due to his film background in his pride with his country, Chile.
The main focus of the film was to highlight how, in Littin's perspective, President Allende was sabotaged by his own army and the United States, despite his desperate efforts to do what was best for his own people and carrying the honor of the first elected president. The reasoning behind the film is practically screaming in your face, due to scenes of Allende crying or becoming anxious to portray him look like a victim and how the opposing side, the Chilean army and United States, is shown to be savages through screaming and starting gunfire. The director did an amazing job on emphasizing the trauma Allende's death created, by making the scene where he finally dies be completely silence to show complete focus on his lifeless body and show a sign of respect for the either murder or suicide of President Allende.
I am not very educated on this specific topic, so I do not believe that I am the qualified to judge the historical accuracy of the film, however there is a huge amount of bias within the film. The only perspective shown was that of President Allende, so therefore anyone else's thoughts such as the United States's reasoning for invading Chile and what made the Chilean army go against it's own fairly elected president is completely eliminated. I'm not saying that the film is completely bias, however the reasoning behind the whole attempted assassination was never clearly said so there may be some information that the director purposely or unknowingly left out. Either way, I believe the film would have personally had more impact on me if there were scenes that focused more on the United States or the Chilean army and how they were feeling or what they were thinking as they were hunting down President Salvador Allende.
Some other films that relate to this topic are "Salvador Allende" and "The Battle of Chile" by Patricio Guzman. Although they both are about the same subject, the two styles of film are completely done. The works by Patricio Guzman are more documentary style, which usually only relate to the stone cold facts of what actually occurred, while Miguel Littin made his film more cinematic and dramatic. Lattin's film brought more emotion than the documentaries would have; putting the audience into a Chilean perspective and having them feel like they were actually in the Palace at the time of the attack. Guxman's films may be more historically accurate, however people are more prone to watch Littin's version because of its entertainment factor; which may actually be a disservice to President Allende as his story is being dramatized to suit the general public.
The filmmaking of this film was absolutely brilliant in my opinion. The opposing angles it had, such as Allende's point of view or how the Chilean army and United States firing was shown, really showed an impact on me personally since I am an aspiring filmmaker. The actors were good for the most part; Salvador Allende was a bit overdramatic at some parts and his face didn't resonate with what was going on, however his mistress produced really great emotion for despair and distraught. The technique that really impressed me the most was when they completely eliminated the sound when President Allende was officially dead, showing a "moment of silence" and the respect that the president had with not only the director, but his people as well.
The main focus of the film was to highlight how, in Littin's perspective, President Allende was sabotaged by his own army and the United States, despite his desperate efforts to do what was best for his own people and carrying the honor of the first elected president. The reasoning behind the film is practically screaming in your face, due to scenes of Allende crying or becoming anxious to portray him look like a victim and how the opposing side, the Chilean army and United States, is shown to be savages through screaming and starting gunfire. The director did an amazing job on emphasizing the trauma Allende's death created, by making the scene where he finally dies be completely silence to show complete focus on his lifeless body and show a sign of respect for the either murder or suicide of President Allende.
I am not very educated on this specific topic, so I do not believe that I am the qualified to judge the historical accuracy of the film, however there is a huge amount of bias within the film. The only perspective shown was that of President Allende, so therefore anyone else's thoughts such as the United States's reasoning for invading Chile and what made the Chilean army go against it's own fairly elected president is completely eliminated. I'm not saying that the film is completely bias, however the reasoning behind the whole attempted assassination was never clearly said so there may be some information that the director purposely or unknowingly left out. Either way, I believe the film would have personally had more impact on me if there were scenes that focused more on the United States or the Chilean army and how they were feeling or what they were thinking as they were hunting down President Salvador Allende.
Some other films that relate to this topic are "Salvador Allende" and "The Battle of Chile" by Patricio Guzman. Although they both are about the same subject, the two styles of film are completely done. The works by Patricio Guzman are more documentary style, which usually only relate to the stone cold facts of what actually occurred, while Miguel Littin made his film more cinematic and dramatic. Lattin's film brought more emotion than the documentaries would have; putting the audience into a Chilean perspective and having them feel like they were actually in the Palace at the time of the attack. Guxman's films may be more historically accurate, however people are more prone to watch Littin's version because of its entertainment factor; which may actually be a disservice to President Allende as his story is being dramatized to suit the general public.
The filmmaking of this film was absolutely brilliant in my opinion. The opposing angles it had, such as Allende's point of view or how the Chilean army and United States firing was shown, really showed an impact on me personally since I am an aspiring filmmaker. The actors were good for the most part; Salvador Allende was a bit overdramatic at some parts and his face didn't resonate with what was going on, however his mistress produced really great emotion for despair and distraught. The technique that really impressed me the most was when they completely eliminated the sound when President Allende was officially dead, showing a "moment of silence" and the respect that the president had with not only the director, but his people as well.