lunes, 25 de julio de 2016

Bedazzled (2000)


Title: Bedazzled
Year: 2000
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley
The Devil (Hurley) hurries Elliot (Fraser) to make his next wish:

Elliot: "She passed right through me. We were one person for a split second. Just like in Ghost."
Devil: "I've got an earthquake in Chile in eight minutes, so any chance of making a wish here?"




domingo, 16 de septiembre de 2012

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Title: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Year: 2003
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany

Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) hands over the new orders to Captain Pullings (James D'Arcy):

Captain Aubrey: "I think I shall return to the Galápagos. Take on some food and water and give the doctor a few days to find his bird."
Captain Pullings: "Very good, sir."
Captain Aubrey: "You, however, shall take the Acheron south to Valparaiso."






viernes, 7 de septiembre de 2012

Charade (1963)

Title: Charade
Year: 1963
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn

Reggie (Audrey Hepburn) is shown several passports from her dead husband. One of the passports is from Chile.





Of Love and Shadows (1994)

Title: Of Love and Shadows
Year: 1994
Director: Betty Kaplan
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly

This movie is based on the novel "De amor y de sombra" by Isabel Allende. The setting for this movie is Chile in the eighties, under Pinochet's dictatorship.




Half Nelson (2006)

Title: Half Nelson
Year: 2006
Director: Ryan Fleck
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps

Drey (Shareeka Epps) gives this brief description of the U.S. intervention and the 1973 chilean coup d'etat:

"On September 11, 1973, the CIA helped overthrow and murder democratically elected Chilean president Salvador Allende. The military coup led to mass disappearances, assassinations and tortures of thousands of Chilean civilians under the leadership of U.S. backed dictator Augusto Pinochet. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said of Allende's 1970 election, "These issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to decide for themselves." "











jueves, 6 de septiembre de 2012

The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)

Title: The Man with One Red Shoe
Year: 1985
Director: Stan Dragoti
Starring: Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman

When deputy director of the CIA Cooper (Dabney Coleman) is asked "How'd it go, Sir?", he answers:

"Great."
"I haven't felt this good since I overthrew the governement of Chile"


Spy Kids (2001)

Title: Spy Kids
Year: 2001
Director: Robert Rodríguez
Starring: Carla Gugino, Antonio Banderas

When movie action turns to the fictional city of San Diablo, you can tell it is Santiago de Chile in reality. You can clearly see the San Cristobal hill:


When camera zooms in, you can see the Entel tower, La Moneda Palace...


... and the Plaza de la Ciudadanía:


Next action moves to a ship flying over a desert. According to IMDB this is Atacama desert next to the Andes mountains, although it could be any desert with mountains on the horizon...


Finally, action takes place at a city next to the sea. In reality this is Viña del Mar, you can clearly see the Wulff castle at the La Marina avenue: