
CHE,MUERTEDELAUTOPIA?(CHE,DEATHOFAUTOPIA?)<br/> Argentina,1997,Documentary,Color/B&W,90minutes.<br/> Onthe30thAnniversaryofthedeathofErnesto'Che'Guevara,oneofArgentina'smajorfilmmakers,FernandoBirri,traveledcamerainhandtofollowthefootprintsofthislegendaryfigure.InBirri'sviewitisappropriatetoreflectonthesignificanceofCheasamythandasaperson.Aboveall,it'sapretextforhimtoquestionthevalidityandthesignificanceofutopia.Thisisthecentralthemeofthisfilmcollage,hispolemicessay:"...withoututopiathereisnohistory,otherwiseitwouldmeanthatweacceptanalienated,suicidalworld."<br/> Birriisknownasthe"FatheroftheNewLatinAmericanCinema".HestudiedfilmattheCentro<br/> SperimentalediCinematografiainRome,andaftergraduatingreturnedtoArgentinawherehefoundedintheprovinceofSantaFe,thefirstfilmschoolspecializedindocumentalisminLatinAmerica.HewasforcedtoexileduetotheArgentinianmilitarycoupdeetat,andlivedinItalywhereheshothisthree-hourexperimentalfilm"Org".In1986hehelpedtofoundtheInternationalSchoolofFilmandTelevisioninCuba,andwaschosenasfirstprincipal.HelivesinEurope,andhastaughtinMexicoandVenezuela.<br/> <ahref="https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFernando_Birri&link2key=d901ccc5ad"target="_blank"rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.<wbr/>org/wiki/Fernando_Bi<wbr/>rri</a><br/> FernandoBirri(SantaFe,Argentina,March13,1925)isanArgentinianfilmmakerandtheorist.HeisconsideredbymanytobethefatherofthenewLatinAmericancinema.<br/> BirriwasborninSantaFe,Argentina.Afterbeinginvolvedintheaterandpoetry,hewenttoRometostudyfilm-makingattheCentroSperimentalediCinematografia,from1950to1953,andappearedinthe1955ItalianfilmGliSbandati.In1956hereturnedtoSantaFe,toformtheFilmInstituteattheUniversidadNacionaldelLitoraluniversity.Ayearlaterhestartedfilmingscenesofpovertyandhumanmiseryinlower-classSantaFe.Theproject,billedasa"surveyfilm",spannedthreeyears,andfilmingwrappedupin1958.Beforescreeningtheresulting33-minutedocumentary,Tiredié,Birrifirstdebutedwithashortfilmin1959,calledLaprimerafundacióndeBuenosAires.Thedocumentaryitselfpremieredin1960,earningBirricriticalacclaimandpavinghiswayforfurtherprojectsofsimilarnature,likeBuenosAires,BuenosAires(1960)andmorefamouslyLosinundados(1961),whichwontheVeniceFilmFestivalawardforBestFirstFilm.<br/> AfterdirectingashortfilmaboutLaPampa(Lapampagringa)in1963,Birriretiredfromdirectingandonlyreturned12yearslatertomakeamovieaboutErnesto"Che"Guevara(MihijoelChe)in1985.Hisnextfilm,alsoaboutElChe,wasfilmedin1997(Che,muertedeunautopía?),butremainedcommerciallyunreleased.Birrihassincedonetwomoremovies-Elsiglodelviento(1999)andZA05.Loviejoylonuevo(2006).



