This short film is about a bear family. The dad bear creates an object that tells a story about his life and what happened to his family. The dad bear, along with other zoo animals, gets taken away by circus people to live and perform at a circus. They get taken away from their families and lives without their consent. The bear eventually runs away from the circus and rejoins his family. Everything is happy again and the family is reunited.
I think this film is a visual to describe what happened in Chile before, during, and after the 9/11 coup of Allende by Pinochet. At the beginning of the story, the bear is happy with his family and everything seems perfect. Then one night, the coup, everything gets destroyed. The bear goes to live in a different world where he is forced to do things and this is the dark period. After he escapes, aka the end of Pinochet's reign, life is good again and he is reunited with his family once again.
I think the film did a great job of showing the history of Chile visually. It is a little odd because it reminded me of the three little bears, but the circus metaphor made a lot of sense. The film is all dark during that part and the bear holds a mementos of his family in his pocket to remind him of the good days and his family. This keeps him going and trying to fight to escape the circus. I understood the purpose of this short film pretty quickly right after watching it, and that is the point. I think people will be able to understand the meaning behind it if they know about the history of Chile. Overall, the film was a little eccentric in using zoo animals and a circus but it conveyed the meaning effectively and made it more understandable in simpler terms of that dark time period in Chile's history.
Link to the film:https://vk.com/video244132350_171200778
I watched the Bear story, and I thought a lot about the three little bears as well. I think this film is trying to show a childlike depiction of the dictatorship of Chile. Overall, it's very interesting and very sad, but that's the harsh reality of what happened in Chile.
ReplyDeleteI also think the circus aspect was a little weird, but I wonder if that was to make sure that the video wouldn't be taken down. A lot of the art and music had a double meaning to keep the artists safe from censorship. If you don't know the history, then this is just a story about a circus bear which was the interpretation that the little bear had from the puppet show.
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