Chile, the Obstinate Memory (1997)
- Original title
- Chile: la memoria obstinada
- Directed by
- Patricio Guzmán
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Chile
- Runtime
- 59 min
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Patricio Guzmán returns to Chile after years abroad to screen his earlier film The Battle of Chile for local audiences. The documentary shows people reacting to the images of their country's past.
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What happens
Chile, Obstinate Memory (Spanish: Chile, la memoria obstinada) is a documentary film, directed by Patricio Guzmán and released in 1997. The film profiles Guzmán's trip back to Chile, after years living and working outside the country, to screen his landmark documentary The Battle of Chile in the country for the first time. The film premiered at the 1997 Montreal World Film Festival. It was later screened at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival, the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, and the 1998 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, before being broadcast on television as an episode of the documentary series The Passionate Eye in September 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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