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Top Cultural Story
MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS
World Press Photo 2004
Books
SEEING AND NOT SEEING
A New Biography Exposes The Contradictions Of Neruda
(Nov. 12, 2004) At the end of the first chapter of “Neruda: A Passion for Life,” Adam Feinstein speculates as to why the young Neftalí Reyes chose “Pablo Neruda” for his nom de plume. The clinching argument has generally been that “Pablo” was plucked from the Italian poetry of which Neftalí was so fond. “Neruda,” the plaque outside his La Chascona house in Santiago attests, comes from the Czech writer Jan Neruda, whose work Neftalí knew from a Chilean journal.
Film Review
HEROES OF RESISTANCE STAR AT DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
(Nov. 12, 2004) Half of a pair of burnt, broken, black-rimmed glasses is the only public artifact that remains of Salvador Allende in Chile and one of the first images of Chilean film director Patricio Guzmán’s documentary “Salvador Allende.”
Narrated by the director himself, the film explores why so little remains of a president who had such a strong impact on Chilean society and revisits the painful failure of his peaceful revolution. Images of mass rallies at the National Stadium and sounds of thousands of Chileans chanting Allende’s name suggests a lost paradise.
Theater
NEW SEASON AT THE TEATRO MUNICIPAL
The Santiago Ballet Company is currently traveling to theaters throughout Chile and will wind up their national tour of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” in the Municipal Theater in Santiago on Nov. 22 until Nov. 28.
The lead roles are performed by Natalia Berrios, Marcela Goicoechea, Lidia Olmos, Luis Ortigoza and Andreza Randisek, and the ballet is under the direction of Marcia Haydée.
Cultural Announcements
THIS WEEK’S CULTURAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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| Courtesy of Jean-Marc Bouju, Associated Press |
| An Iraqi man comforts his son at a holding center for prisoners of war, An Najaf, Iraq, March 31. World Press Photo of the Year 2003 |
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| Courtesy of Nick Danziger, Contact Press Images/NB Pictures |
| George W. Bush and Tony Blair the day before American troops entered Baghdad. First Prize Portraits Singles |
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| Courtesy of Bloomsbury |
| Pablo Neruda: A Passion for Life is the first authoritative biography of the Chilean communist poet |
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| Documentaries now showing in Santiago focus on the revolutionary lives of Salvador Allende and Fidel Castro |
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