Guzmán's 2004 documentary is not only full of historical detail, but is also suffused with lyricism and melancholy, beautifully shot and edited.
Salvador Allende (2004)
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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
Director: Patricio Guzman
Producer: Jacques Bidon
Composer: Jorge Arriagada
Studio: First Run/Icarus Films
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Reviews for Salvador Allende
[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.
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.
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.
A heartfelt documentary about the charismatic and idealist leader of Chile who sought to bring a fair and free world to his people.
The controversial Chilean president is ultimately painted sympathetically, and quite convincingly so, in this artful 2004 doc from Patricio Guzmán.
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.
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.
What the world knows of Chile in the 1970s, it knows through the films of Patricio Guzman.
Patricio Guzman's 2004 biography of the Chilean president is less a conventional documentary than a cinematic act of mourning.
Chilean Guzman captures the populist appeal of Allende's campaign and the fervor many of the people felt for the candidate.
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