presents:
NOW ON BLU-RAY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! NEW 2K RESTORATION!
“The Battle of Chile, Patricio Guzmán’s 264-minute account of the social whirlwind that engulfed Salvador Allende’s socialist government in the early 1970s, is an epic documentary, an openly Marxist analysis and a stunning exercise in “you are there” vérité.” —J. Hoberman, The New York Times
„Great films rarely arrive as unheralded as The Battle of Chile.“ —Pauline Kael, The New Yorker
„Not only the best films about Allende and the coup d’etat, but among the best documentary films every made, changing our concepts of political documentary within a framework accessible to the widest audience.“ —Time Out Film Guide
On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende’s democratically-elected Chilean government was overthrown in a bloody coup by General Augusto Pinochet’s 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, during which Allende died, would now become the ending for Guzman’s seminal documentary The Battle of Chile, an epic chronicle of that country’s open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it.
Also included is Guzmán’s debut feature, THE FIRST YEAR, which chronicles the jubilant 12 months following the election of Allende.
The 2-disc Blu-ray release of the new restoration also includes Guzmán’s THE FIRST YEAR and a 12-page booklet with articles by J. Hoberman, Devika Girish and Michael Atkinson.
2-disc Blu-ray set:
The Battle of Chile
A film by Patricio Guzmán
B&W • Chile-Cuba-France
275 minutes (On Disc 1: Part One & Part Two) (On Disc 2: Part Three)
In Spanish with optional English subtitles
The First Year
A film by Patricio Guzmán
B&W • Chile-France
96 minutes (On Disc 2)
In French and Spanish with optional English subtitles
Release date September 24 2024
UPC 854565004207
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