Valparaiso
1964 · 27 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 1,457 VOTES · DIR. Joris Ivens
Overview
In 1962 Joris Ivens was invited to Chile for teaching and filmmaking. Together with students he made …A Valparaíso, one of his most poetic films. Contrasting the prestigious history of the seaport with the present the film sketches a portrait of the city, built on 42 hills, with its wealth and poverty, its daily life on the streets, the stairs, the rack railways and in the bars. Although the port has lost its importance, the rich past is still present in the impoverished city. The film echoes this ambiguous situation in its dialectical poetic style, interweaving the daily life reality (of 1963) with the history of the city and changing from black and white to colour, finally leaving us with hopeful perspective for the children who are playing on the stairs and hills of this beautiful town.
Dialogue Timeline — 198 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:03 Argos Film and the University of Chili present
00:01:38 It was often lauded.
00:02:16 Two worlds that communicate by ramps, by stairs, by cable railways.
00:04:12 ...to walk all the penguins of Valparaiso.
00:05:37 Created, forged, peopled by sailors.
00:06:07 The Spaniards baptized the city.
00:07:11 Up, down...
00:07:40 One climbs panting.
00:08:07 ...repulses, victories and defeats.
00:11:11 And yet the wash is done, and girls wear white blouses.
00:12:49 Until they are repaired, the life of the entire hill is disturbed.
00:13:56 Around each hill...
00:14:35 Some have created a solution with iron and rope.
00:15:12 "The Workers Committee knows...
00:17:22 The wind blows hard, up there.
00:18:56 The butcher's on the hill is called 'Buffalo Bill'.
00:20:22 They do not want to know.
00:21:33 Hawkins, Drake...
00:22:12 The boats of Jules Verne, moored at the docks of the drowned of Gavarni.
00:22:45 ...this was to be the destiny of this peaceful people.
00:23:26 ...is a useful way to flee the adventure of today.
00:23:53 ...as we once played 'pirates'.
00:25:46 Orchestra conducted by Georges Delerue
300:00:00 between the Cordillera and the Ocean.