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The Battle of Chile: Part 1

1975
Documentary
3h 11m
A chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. Part One - "The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie" opens in March 1973 with reporters asking people how they intend to vote in the coming congressional election. The election is taking place after Allende has been in office for over two years and has been trying to reorganize society along democratic socialist lines. (Wikipedia)
Directed by:
Patricio Guzmán Patricio Guzmán
Written by:
Patricio Guzmán Patricio Guzmán Julio García Espinosa Jose Bartolome Pedro Chaskel
+3 more
Franchise:
Battle of Chile
Genre:
Documentary
AKA:
Batalla de Chile: La Lucha de un Pueblo Sin Armas. Primera Parte: La Insurrección de la Burguesia, La
Countries:
Cuba, France, Venezuela
Language:
Spanish
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The Battle of Chile: Part 1

1975
Documentary
3h 11m
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suture_selfSuture Self
Rated 21 Aug 2015
11
99th
Death to all capitalists.
Rated 21 Aug 2015
djrossdjross
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
98th
A remarkable and detailed record of a remarkable and tragic time. This score is for all three parts combined.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
redflagredflag
Rated 03 Mar 2015
99
96th
Mandatory planetary viewing. Heartwrenching. What a revolution looks like. The whole trilogy.
Rated 03 Mar 2015
jpfergusonJPFerguson
Rated 15 Jun 2020
91
97th
Not only is this an incredible historical document, but a highly courageous and disciplined film. What Guzmán manages to convey is the feeling of revolution; the insidious and brutal nature of fascism, as against the resilience and solidarity of the proletariat. Guzmán uses his narration not to determine a narrative, but to set the stage for the workers to voice their fears and hopes for the nation. These images of revolution are at times startling and always compelling.
Rated 15 Jun 2020
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 30 Apr 2015
84
77th
A bit of a depressing watch, knowing where things would end up going, but very interesting and while Guzman makes clear his leftist perspective this doesn't feel like a propaganda film. It's a film that film that allows everyone involved a voice, though there's certainly narrative framing and editing involved. Also holy shit that final shot.
Rated 30 Apr 2015
sebbysebby
Rated 18 Dec 2017
70
72nd
Best final SHOT in movie history? Wow.
Rated 18 Dec 2017
omgfridgeomgfridge
Rated 27 Feb 2011
9
92nd
Always a powerful technique of film is to show whats happening right in front of our face and still overwhelm it's viewers. I feel these pieces of activist cinema are highly relevant to the events of today. Score for all three parts combined.
Rated 27 Feb 2011
mpowellmpowell
Rated 16 Jan 2021
56
21st
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Rated 16 Jan 2021
zayankZayanK
Rated 11 Mar 2012
90
84th
Activist cinema doesn't get better than this (actually I've yet to see Hora de los Hornos, so who knows).
Rated 11 Mar 2012
bfnbfn
Rated 31 Oct 2020
81
87th
Wow that last shot!
Rated 31 Oct 2020
kaan_kavusanKaan Kavusan
Rated 02 Feb 2017
80
83rd
Buz gibi gerçek adım adım kurulurken
Rated 02 Feb 2017
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 16 Oct 2018
100
99th
WOW. Retrato ultra contundente da eterna escrotidão da burguesia, como o discurso dela pode mudar o país e a época, mas continua sempre o mesmo bordão egoísta de sempre, qualquer semelhança com o Brasil desde a jornada de 2013 não é mera coincidência. DVDRip no MakingOff
Rated 16 Oct 2018
itbspodcastITBSPodcast
Rated 18 Jan 2016
100
0th
"A non-violent Leftist movement was un-Democratically taken out of power. The viewer outside of Chile is going to say 'Well that is contrary to the values that the West openly espouses, and as such, our sympathies should not be with the institutions that were responsible for dismantling Democracy here, but rather with the Left, with whom we've been told to distrust.'" http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2016/01/episode-88-patricio-guzmans-battle-1975.html
Rated 18 Jan 2016
slantmagSlantMag
Rated 30 Dec 2010
40
97th
"A present-tense record of nation-splitting turmoil, Patricio Guzmán's monumental documentary The Battle of Chile remains a landmark of activist cinema." - Fernando F. Croce
Rated 30 Dec 2010
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 05 Jan 2021
78
88th
Guzman is obviously pro-Allende, but it speaks in his favour that the first entry in his trilogy is transparent enough to prove an unintended point: That Allende's enormous popular support among many sectors was counterbalanced by the enormous *also popular* uproar of a "bourgeoise" of farmers, truckers and small business owners that his increasingly authoritarian policies had disenfranchised. The despicable fascist military coup that followed should not blind us to this complexity.
Rated 05 Jan 2021
le_mamile mami
Rated 08 Aug 2017
87
93rd
Patricio Guzmán definetely takes sides with Salvador Allende still he preserves his documentarist perspective. It's fascinating to see how he records these events. and sad to know how it will finish.
Rated 08 Aug 2017
xophorosxophoros
Rated 23 Mar 2021
3
33rd
Intriguing, but not exactly educational. I think you would have to already know what was going on to find the documentary informative, as all the film is going to do is explain things in terms of PU talking points — which is fine, I'm certainly not against leftist documentaries. But I've never trusted people on my own team to tell me what's going on, so I'll just go do some reading.
Rated 23 Mar 2021

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Directed by:
Patricio Guzmán Patricio Guzmán
Written by:
Patricio Guzmán Patricio Guzmán Julio García Espinosa Jose Bartolome Pedro Chaskel
+3 more
Franchise:
Battle of Chile
Genre:
Documentary
AKA:
Batalla de Chile: La Lucha de un Pueblo Sin Armas. Primera Parte: La Insurrección de la Burguesia, La
Countries:
Cuba, France, Venezuela
Language:
Spanish
imdb More information at IMDb
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