{"id":562,"date":"2008-04-30T16:05:59","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T20:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=562"},"modified":"2009-10-02T17:33:11","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T21:33:11","slug":"a-valparaiso-1962-joris-ivens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/562","title":{"rendered":"A Valpara\u00ed\u00adso (1962, Joris Ivens)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE DEC. 2008:<\/strong> Wow, check out these stills from the new restoration.  DVD box set will be out soon &#8211; check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivens.nl\/\">http:\/\/www.ivens.nl\/<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/image08\/avalparaisox1.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/image08\/avalparaisox2.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/image08\/avalparaisox3.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nDirected by Ivens, narration written by Chris Marker, assistant camera by Patricio Guzman.  Wow!  Not to discount Ivens&#8217;s achievement, but this plays just like Marker&#8217;s travel documentaries.  Definitely belongs with that group in some imaginary DVD box set, hopefully with far improved image quality over the awful version I just watched.  I want to say this had better camera work than the Marker docs, but in this state, it is hard to tell.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/image08\/avalparaiso2.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p>A decade before the Battle of Chile events would begin, Ivens and crew give us an overview of life in this port city built on a series of steep hills.  Focus is on things that affect the residents (like the funicular system) and events they participate in (huge annual fireworks show, a kite flying festival), not the popular tourist sites and historic buildings mentioned on wikipedia.  Or maybe Ivens just hired a local tour guide and didn&#8217;t check wikipedia before going over there.  A humorous tone to the commentary (when appropriate), shots of penguins, seals, pelicans and cats (no owls in town), a fire, some jump-cutting in line for the funicular.  One very non-Marker-esque bit when a staged (I assume) bar-fight shatters a mirror and leads to a splash of blood, audio dissonance, a kaleidoscopic shot cutting to a burning pirate flag to introduce a history of colonialism in the state&#8230; awesome.<\/p>\n<p><em>buildings that look like ships:<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/image08\/avalparaiso3.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia: <em>The opening of the Panama Canal and reduction in ship traffic dealt a staggering blow to Valpara\u00c3\u00adso, though the city has staged an impressive renaissance in recent years.<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/image08\/avalparaiso4.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p>Senses of Cinema gives a shout out to Ivens:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 \u00c3\u00a0 Valparaiso<\/em> has regularly been regarded as more of a Marker film than one truly belonging to Ivens. This reading prioritises and favours sound over image &#8211; a common mistake even when reading Marker&#8217;s wholly \u201cowned\u201d work &#8211; and fails to recognise the range and often explicitly lyrical nature of Ivens&#8217; broader filmography.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE DEC. 2008: Wow, check out these stills from the new restoration. DVD box set will be out soon &#8211; check http:\/\/www.ivens.nl\/ for updates. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Directed by Ivens, narration written by Chris Marker, assistant camera by Patricio Guzman. Wow! Not to discount Ivens&#8217;s achievement, but this plays just like Marker&#8217;s travel documentaries. Definitely belongs with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[308,7,367,366,307],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie","tag-chile","tag-chris-marker","tag-colonialism","tag-joris-ivens","tag-patricio-guzman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1360,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/1360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}