El Conde: Vampires and military brutes don't die easily
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels used imagery of bloodsucking vampires in their writing to describe the parasitic ruling class.
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El Conde asks if dictators are scarier than monsters
Pablo Larrain is difficult to classify. The Chilean filmmaker is not a horror director, nor especially brooding or joyless, but themes and tones of horror often creep into his work. Several of his earlier films are set against the backdrop of the Chilean military dictatorship, often from the point of view of eccentric and relatively apolitical people — a morgue worker (Post Mortem), an obsessive John Travolta impersonator (Tony Manero), a slick ad man (No). His muses since then have included disgraced Catholic clergy (The Club) and a bloodstained Jackie Kennedy (Jackie). 2021’s Spencer dep...
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'El Conde' Review: Larrain's Brilliant and Twisted Satire About Fascism Has Bite | Venice
“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” -Karl Marx There’s certainly no more controversial figure in Chile than that of dictator Augusto Pinochet. He rose to power on September 11, 1973, or, better, he got to power through violence after ousting President Salvador Allende. His reign of terror lasted over 15 years, during…
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'El Conde' Film Review – Venice – Deadline
Read Deadline's review of 'El Conde' ('The Count') from director Pablo Larrain premiering at the Venice Film Festival
Source: deadline.com