Nostalgia de la luz Nostalgia for the Light Patricio Guzmán [videorecording]=

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Patricio Guzmán

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TextLanguage: Spanish Summary language: English Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English Series: David W. Foster CollectionPublication details: France Germany Chile Spain Atacama Productions Blinker Filmproduktion Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) 2010Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 81 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inOther title:

Nostalgia for the Light

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Nostalgia for the Light

LOC classification:

PN1997 .N678 2010

Summary: From case cover: The legendary Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile) travels to the Atacama Desert, where atop the mountains astronomers gather to observe the stars. The sky is so translucent that it allows them to see right to the boundaries of the universe. The Atacama is also the driest place on earth, and the harsh heat of the sun keeps human remains intact: those of Pre-Columbian mummies; 19th century explorers and miners; and political prisoners, killed by the Chilean army after the military coup of September, 1973. So while astronomers examine the most distant and oldest galaxies, at the foot of the mountains women, surviving relatives of the disappeared whose bodies were dumped here, search for the remains of their loved ones, hoping to reclaim their families' histories. Melding the celestial quest of the astronomers and the earthly one of the women, Nostalgia for the Light is a gorgeous and moving odyssey.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-D: DVD Cabinet D	PN1997 .N678 2010	Available	Spanish audio with English subtitles.		001829

From case cover:
The legendary Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile) travels to the Atacama Desert, where atop the mountains astronomers gather to observe the stars. The sky is so translucent that it allows them to see right to the boundaries of the universe.
The Atacama is also the driest place on earth, and the harsh heat of the sun keeps human remains intact: those of Pre-Columbian mummies; 19th century explorers and miners; and political prisoners, killed by the Chilean army after the military coup of September, 1973.
So while astronomers examine the most distant and oldest galaxies, at the foot of the mountains women, surviving relatives of the disappeared whose bodies were dumped here, search for the remains of their loved ones, hoping to reclaim their families' histories. Melding the celestial quest of the astronomers and the earthly one of the women, Nostalgia for the Light is a gorgeous and moving odyssey.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; surround; NTSC; Region 1; 1.85:1 as 16:9 widescreen.

Spanish audio with English subtitles.

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