Looking for "DIFFERENT"? Stop Looking & WATCH EL CONDE!!!
I have seen thousands of Films.... Almost NEVER, after watching one, can I say... "WOW!... This Movie REALLY did NOT remind me of ANY OTHER!"
Hmmmmm.... Just WHERE.... to BEGIN!?!?!?
Let´s tackle what is EASY first.... Black & White photography... Very appropriate choice! Makes for a Movie reminiscent of those CLASSIC horror films of the 30´s & 40´s!
It is... Of Course... A CHILEAN Film! Perhaps I am going out on a limb just a bit here... But having tutored a score of Chilean students during my 12 Years spent living in Orlando... Presenting Augusto Pinochet as a Blood Thirsty Vampire will bring quite an ironic smile to most Chilean faces... and to those of many other Hispanics... As well as to Non-Hispanics, I´m sure!
Production values were extremely high! Since EL CONDE was basically produced for NETFLIX, my hat is off to their obvious participation and surpervision... A most well deserved...KUDOS!!! Editing, Cinematography, Sets and Set Decoration, Casting, and all other production elements... ALL IMPECCABLE!
And... Talk about an ORIGINAL STORY!!! Absolutely INSPIRED! Just no other word for the incredibly bizarre combination of utterly disparate elements that genuinely place EL CONDE in a stand alone category I would venture to say is found in but, Perhaps, a handful out of a THOUSAND other films!!!
What a superb ensemble Cast! Exquisite Performances that seemed so spot on believable and natural! Just watch and You will see how just how stunningly fleshed out each and every characterization is!
Racking my brain for something.... ANYTHING... NEGATIVE about EL CONDE!?!? All I can come up with is this: If You cannot wrap Your head around the totally off-the-wall basic premise of Augusto Pinochet the VAMPIRE... It probably will result in Your inability to just RELAX and ENJOY the Movie!
So... PLEASE! Bear that in mind... Should You decide to WATCH!
ENJOY!/DISFRUTELA!
Hmmmmm.... Just WHERE.... to BEGIN!?!?!?
Let´s tackle what is EASY first.... Black & White photography... Very appropriate choice! Makes for a Movie reminiscent of those CLASSIC horror films of the 30´s & 40´s!
It is... Of Course... A CHILEAN Film! Perhaps I am going out on a limb just a bit here... But having tutored a score of Chilean students during my 12 Years spent living in Orlando... Presenting Augusto Pinochet as a Blood Thirsty Vampire will bring quite an ironic smile to most Chilean faces... and to those of many other Hispanics... As well as to Non-Hispanics, I´m sure!
Production values were extremely high! Since EL CONDE was basically produced for NETFLIX, my hat is off to their obvious participation and surpervision... A most well deserved...KUDOS!!! Editing, Cinematography, Sets and Set Decoration, Casting, and all other production elements... ALL IMPECCABLE!
And... Talk about an ORIGINAL STORY!!! Absolutely INSPIRED! Just no other word for the incredibly bizarre combination of utterly disparate elements that genuinely place EL CONDE in a stand alone category I would venture to say is found in but, Perhaps, a handful out of a THOUSAND other films!!!
What a superb ensemble Cast! Exquisite Performances that seemed so spot on believable and natural! Just watch and You will see how just how stunningly fleshed out each and every characterization is!
Racking my brain for something.... ANYTHING... NEGATIVE about EL CONDE!?!? All I can come up with is this: If You cannot wrap Your head around the totally off-the-wall basic premise of Augusto Pinochet the VAMPIRE... It probably will result in Your inability to just RELAX and ENJOY the Movie!
So... PLEASE! Bear that in mind... Should You decide to WATCH!
ENJOY!/DISFRUTELA!
- Tony-Kiss-Castillo
- Sep 20, 2023