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Top Cultural Story
STEEL WORKS
Sergio Castillo’s Iron Age
(March 18, 2005) Sergio Castillo’s sculptures have had 50 years to evolve. They speak of social struggles, love, nature, freedom and chaos. His retrospective “Sculpture My Way” is a comprehensive exhibition cataloguing Castillo’s career that has lasted half a century. At the exhibition, you can live Castillo’s thought processes, his transitions, his life changes.
Film Review
‘EL ABRAZO PARTIDO’: A JEWISH TRAGICOMEDY
(March 18, 2005) “El abrazo partido,” by Argentine director Daniel Burman, has conquered the hearts of juries across the world since its release last year, winning the Golden Bear in Berlin in 2004 and the Luis Buñuel prize for best Ibero-American film earlier this week.
“The film’s international success – despite its relatively low budget of US$1 million and its limited distribution (it premiered in its neighboring country Chile only last week) – is easily explained once in front of the screen.
TRUE LIES HIT ‘CLOSER’ TO HOME
(March 18, 2005) “Closer” boasts all the components of a good play: tension, suspense, hard-hitting dialogue and well-defined characters. Although slightly less successful as a film, its elegant cruelty and sharp wit are invigorating. The happy ending is replaced with a jarring denouement, love is saddled with addiction and honesty betrayed by duplicity.
“The film begins with a collision when Alice (Natalie Portman) is hit by a car while Dan (Jude Law) looks on. This marks the first in a series of coincidental collisions, both physical and metaphorical, that bring the four protagonists together.
Visual Arts
URBAN IMAGES: DÍAZ’S SILENT PROTEST
(March 18, 2005) Photographer Alexis Díaz Belmar has captured a dramatic, political and humanistic portrayal of Chile in his exhibition “Díaz de Espera” (Díaz Waiting).
SHORT CIRCUIT
(March 18, 2005) “Circuitos,” inaugurated last week at the Matucana Cultural Center, aims to reflect the connection between art and daily life with the majority of exhibits based on everyday experiences.
The ST Diary
RUB-A-DUB-DUB
(March 18, 2005) After extensive and exhaustive research, the ST Diary has discovered the identity of the odious inventors of the soap opera. It may surprise you to learn that it was international cleaning products giant Proctor and Gamble, known for stomach-calming Pepto Bismol in the United States and Daz detergent on the other side of the Atlantic.
Cultural Announcements
THIS WEEK’S CULTURAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Top Cultural Story |
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| Sergio's "Homage." Castillo's got a friend |
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Film Review |
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| In "El Abrazo Partido," Uruguayan actor Daniel Hendler plays Ariel Makaroff, a Jew lost in multicultural Buenos Aires |
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Film Review |
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| Courtesy of Carolina Carmona |
| Sweet little lies. Portman: "Lying's the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off" |
Visual Arts |
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| About face: Díaz’s intimate portrayal of a nation |
The ST Diary |
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| Soap wars: Chile's homemade recipe for cultural disaster |
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