Guzmán's 2004 documentary is not only full of historical detail, but is also suffused with lyricism and melancholy, beautifully shot and edited.
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12/21/07
Salvador Allende (2004)
83 %
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Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 10
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7/10
Theatrical Release: Sep 5, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Chilean director Patricio Guzmán explores the controversial life of Salvador Allende in this documentary.
Director: Patricio Guzman
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Reviews for Salvador Allende
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[Director] Guzman's film is filled with revelations that will disturb many, including U.S. involvement in the coup. If only Guzman had been more innovative in his presentation.
09/07/07
Top Critic Less effective as a portrait of Allende than it is as a commentary on the documentary medium itself—art as a means of resuscitating history.
09/05/07
One from the heart, Salvador Allende is a plaintive look back at the rise and violent fall of the world's first democratically elected Marxist president.
09/05/07
Top Critic A heartfelt documentary about the charismatic and idealist leader of Chile who sought to bring a fair and free world to his people.
09/05/07
The controversial Chilean president is ultimately painted sympathetically, and quite convincingly so, in this artful 2004 doc from Patricio Guzmán.
09/04/07
Top Critic Excellent portrait of a tragic figure, who tried to defend the interests of working people while stopping short of abolishing the system that is responsible for their suffering.
09/03/07
Mixing extensive archival footage and contemporary interviews with survivors of the era, the film gets across, quite powerfully, Allende's long courtship of the Chilean people.
09/15/06
What the world knows of Chile in the 1970s, it knows through the films of Patricio Guzman.
09/14/06
Patricio Guzman's 2004 biography of the Chilean president is less a conventional documentary than a cinematic act of mourning.
09/08/06
Top Critic Chilean Guzman captures the populist appeal of Allende's campaign and the fervor many of the people felt for the candidate.
11/17/04
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