Allende En Su Labertino Analysis

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The movie, Allende en Su Labertino (Allende and His Maze), was written by the Chilean film director and writer, Miguel Littin. Littin was born in the 1940s, was a supporter of Salvador Allende’s regime, and was exiled soon after the assassination of Allende during the rise in power of dictator Augusto Pinochet in Chile during his military coup of the country. Littin is also known for his other films, such as one relevant to this same historical subject is Dawson Isla 10 from 2009 which was a film about events after the 1973 coup that arrested and transported Allende’s cabinet members, sending them to Dawson Island concentration camp. The purpose and vision of the film Allende, by Littin can be argued that it is the dramatization of the end …show more content…
The film itself is a drama that is trying to portray the tragic end of Allende’s presidency. Though the film does not go into the past of what happened prior to Allende’s last day, and it could be argued that the film was weaker because of that lack of information, it is important to mention the historical background for context. The origins of this story go back several years earlier to his election in 1970, after two attempts prior to his victory. The United States government, at the time during and prior to Allende’s election, had funded and supported the Chilean Democratic government with funds. During 1970, the left-wing party, as well as certain middle sects, won the election. Allende was popular with the population of Chile, after the assassination of General Rene Schneider Chereau of the Chilean army. The U.S Government, and the C.I.A had previously funded money into the removal of Schneider for his support of defending Allende’s rights, but was assassinated by other people already acting against his removal. After this, politicians from the middle came to Allende to support him immediately, which resulted in the winning of Allende’s election. The copper industry in Chili was its biggest industry. Before Allende’s presidency, it was run by foreign U.S companies, and after his …show more content…
It grabbed my attention, and I thought it was well thought out and the scenes flowed well. The character development was decent, although some of the characters were not relevant to the plot itself. The build-up for the film did seem to drag on at times. A movie such as this is not something that would typically be played in the United States for many reasons. One, is that it’s not even made for an English-speaking audience, it is in Spanish. The fact that the film is very pro-Allende and it unlikely that citizens of the States would be able to relate or understand a lot of its perspective other than the empathy for the main character and his cause. I thought the film was interesting in that it had a clever take on the event of the assassination. It showed a unique point of view towards the president which we would not ordinarily be presented with. On the other hand, the film was slow, and took a long time to get to the points that it was trying to make. I also feel like there were many filler scenes used instead of building up a character, or furthering the plot. Some of the cinematography felt a little unorthodox and trite. But each culture has its own way of filming movies, and it is possible that the approach used in Allende is their style of cinematography. Overall this is a worthwhile film in how it gives to

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