This Bachelor's thesis is an analysis of Patricio Guzmán's 1997 film "Chile, La Memoria Obstinada", which he made upon returning from exile to post-dictatorship Chile. The film aimed to show his...Show moreThis Bachelor's thesis is an analysis of Patricio Guzmán's 1997 film "Chile, La Memoria Obstinada", which he made upon returning from exile to post-dictatorship Chile. The film aimed to show his internationally famed 1975 film "La Batalla de Chile", and reconnect the population with the tabooed past of La Unidad Popular and Salvador Allende. It explores how the structure of the film is a metaphor for Guzmán's belief that "a country without documentary cinema is like a country without a photo album." By using theories of collective memory, post-memory, and the powerful trope of the family, the effect of Guzmán's approach to the challenge of re-engaging different generations of Chileans with an obscured past is assessed.Show less
