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Tag Archives: Augusto Pinochet
FLIX PIX (1199): “EL CONDE: A Vampire Preys Upon the Chilean People””
EL CONDE (directed by Pablo Larraín’, 2023) *** (out of 5) . > Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s dark fantasy recasts the brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire. To the people who suffered under his brutal regime, that’s must sound … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, Augusto Pinochet, black comedy, Chilean cinema, cinema, corruption, criticism, El Conde, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, horror, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Pablo Larraín, Paula Luchsinger, political satire, reviews, supernatural, The Count, vampires
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FLIX PIX (1039): “NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT: Astronomy and the Mothers of the Disappeared”
NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (directed by Patricio Guzmán, 2010) ****+ (out of 5) . > I remember noticing this title at the top of the heap as the best reviewed film in release at that moment. . It scored a 9.2, if … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, astronomy, Atacama Desert, Augusto Pinochet, Chile, Chilean cinema, cinema, criticism, dictators, documentaries, films, forensics, genocide, grief, history, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, mothers of the disappeared, mourning, movies, Nostalgia For the Light, opinion, Patricio Guzmán, reviews, science, South America, tragedy
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FLIX PIX (593): “NERUDA: Celebrated Poet, Flawed Man”
NERUDA (directed by Pablo Larraín, 2016) ***+ (out of 5) . > Stylish, stylized retelling of the cat-and-mouse game the celebrated Chilean poet and Communist politician played with dictator Augusto Pinochet’s secret police. . It’s kind of a noir affair- … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Augusto Pinochet, biography, Chilean cinema, cinema, criticism, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Luis Gnecco, movies, Neruda, opinion, Pablo Larraín, Pablo Neruda, poets, politics, reviews
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FLIX PIX (471): “Say Yes to NO!”
NO (directed by Pablo Larraín, 2012) **** (out of 5) . > To NO I say YES! . NO is a gritty, well-made, interesting and resonant film about the peaceful downfall of Chilean strongman (and U.S. puppet) Augusto Pinochet in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Augusto Pinochet, cinema, criticism, films, Gabriel García Bernal, history, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, No, opinion, Pablo Larraín, reviews
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