Battle Of Chile

On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allendes democratically elected Chilean government was overthrown in a bloody coup by General Augusto Pinochets army.

Patricio Guzmán and five colleagues had been filming the political developments in Chile throughout the nine months leading up to that day. The bombing of the Presidential Palace, in which Allende died, would now become the ending for Guzmáns seminal documentary The Battle of Chile (1975-76), an epic chronicle of that countrys open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it.

First Run / Icarus Films has released Battle Of Chile on video for the first time ever. A new digital master has been made from a 35mm print. The original commentary track has been up-dated by the director, and new English subtitles prepared under his supervision.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 20 Mars, 2010