The Battle of Chile: The Obstinate Memory of a Crushed Utopia José Sarmiento November 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film “Un País que no tiene cine documental es como una familia sin álbum de fotografías.” - Patricio Guzmán (1) “I made the film because I was passionate about what was going on. It was like opening your window an...
Electra Revisited: On Claire Denis’ 35 rhums José Sarmiento June 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film “O pardon the one who knocks for pardon at your gate, father – your hound-bitch, daughter, friend. It was my love that did us both to death.” - Sylvia Plath, “Electra on Azalea Path” (1) An opening ...
Voices With(out) a Face: On Robert Bresson’s Procès de Jeanne d’Arc José Sarmiento March 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film “In my Trial of Joan of Arc I have tried to avoid “theater” and “masquerade”, but to arrive at a non-historical truth by using historical words.” - Robert Bresson (1) Released in 1962, and receiving mild-hear...
