“Violeta Parra went to Heaven” is one of the movies of the year who has made us remind about the life and talent of one of the most beloved national songwriters in the music history of Chile, Violeta Parra.
Maybe for us is a great memory of the outstanding Violeta Parra, but for a foreigner, maybe it's a window into our national identity, which is why we decided to talk with Leslie Forman, an american woman who is currently living in Chile, who told us his opinion about the movie and how he has been living in our country.
1) What do you think about "Violeta Parra is went to Heaven" movie?
R: I really enjoyed the movie. I wanted to watch it in the theatre when it first came out but i didn't get the opportunity. So I was especially happy to be able to watch it on a LAN flight.
2) When you saw the movie, what was, for you, the most interesting aspect of Violeta's life?
R: In the movie Violeta, I really liked seeing so many facets of Violeta's life. She was a woman of many skills and interests and passions. Now I think people see her as the quintessential chilena, grateful for all of life. But in the film I saw a much richer and more detailed portrait of her: a strong, independent woman who refused to be defined simply. She struggled with this, because Chile, then and now, is a society that likes to categorize people in simple ways: engineer, doctor, teacher, artist, lawyer... But she was a singer and an artist and a mother and so much more...
3) Is this your first time in Chile?
R: This is my second time in Chile. I studied here as an exchange student at La Catolica for all of 2005. During that year I took a whole class about folklore. We learned about cueca, trauco, and the 18. I also saw Andrès Wood's other films: Historias de fútbol and Machuca.
4) When you back to California after this year, What thing you are going to say about Chile?
R: Chile is a country of contrasts: rich and poor, traditional and modern, liberal and conservative, city and countryside, and as an exchange student I experienced all of these extremes
We left you the official trailer of the movie, and we hope that you enjoy it!
3 comentarios:
It's easy to say chilean Violeta Parra, is one of the greatest artists
of all time. But how many people know the real story? Is this our letter of introduction to the world?
Knowing the true story of Violeta in Chile, is one of the reasons because this movie stay a lot of time in theaters. So I think that "Violet went to heaven" is not only to demonstrate, as
Leslie Forman says in the interview, which in Chile is impossible to categorize artists for its grandeur, but also to present this reality
to both, nationals and foreigners.
Also I fully agree with the respondent, since Chile is a country full of contrasts, where the differences between people is very hard,
without going any far, something has is in the street “the movement for education”. As our country is very fragmented and categorized, as Leslie says, for various aspects of our culture.
In any case, I only hope that this film will serve to see the talent of Chile, the artists are valued and the old day more understand of
the roots of Chilean artists who have known legacy mode and portrait sung the history of our country.
Watch the movie for more than a commercial strip is an excerpt of what we are Chileans.
I agree with the opinion of Leslie, Because, in first place, the movie give us the chance of know Violeta's life, but also, apreciate her work and amazing talent.
In second place, the idea of Chile like a country were you been label is, sadly, totally true, because, and using the life of Violeta as example, in her case, many of the people who saw the movie, doesn't know her abilities for handmade work, or his love for her childrens. That's logical, cause we're always going to see Violeta like a songwriter, not a person who is the same as us.
In thrid place, and finally, I agree with Cynthia and Leslie in the idea that Chile is a country of contrasts, but in many cases the contrasts are not bad, are educational, teach us how to appreciate the things that we have, and help us to see in the other someone who maybe needs our comprehension, or who knows, someone who can teach us new ways to see the world.
I didn't see "Violet is going to heaven", but according to the commentary by Leslie Forman, She recommend us to see this movie, because it shows different facets of Violeta's life, as songwriter, mother, artist and many other qualities that not are shown, also according with the words of Leslie, the Chileans people usually discriminate people in very easy way even superficial, because all of them are classified by their profession or life styles, who is a sadly part of our reality.
According with the opinion of the northamerican girl, we realize some qualities that distinguish us as Chileans, who for us are pretty normal, but maybe for a foreign person, who is from another place this things are strange, but we see this characteristics like part of our identity.
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