Christian Ramírez, film critic and co-founder of Sala Ktalks about the outstanding German director and the cycle of 10 films that will be made at the Major universityin Santiago.
The cycle will have two premieres: The documentary Anselm (2023), about one of Europe’s most important current artists (Anselm Kiefer). And the Latin American premiere of the extended version of Until the end of the world (1991)287′, a film that was at least 20 years ahead of its time.
“He is part of the great optimism of a Europe without borders”, it states. Christian Ramírez describes this director who makes documentaries of great creators, such as Pina Bausch, Sebastião Salgado or Anselm Kiefer. And, at the same time, films with minimal stories, as in Perfect Days.
Wim Wenders (Germany, 1945) He belongs to that generation that did not experience the war, but suffered its consequences. With great influence from the United States and a country divided by the two large blocs of the time (the US and the Soviet Union), the fall of the Berlin Wall was experienced as a great hope for a united Europe.
He Wim Wenders cycle will run between May 15 and August 16. It includes 10 titles, including The American Friend (1977), Paris-Texas (1984) and The Sky Over Berlin (1987) and the documentaries Pina (2011) and The Salt of the Earth (2014).
More information about the cycle at https://salak.cl/cartelera/
