If you’re suffering from nostalgia, you should stay away from this video by Carlos Oteyza on Caracas’ history in the XXth Century. Great stuff, from the archives of Bolívar Films.
(HT: FM)
The Book
In praise of Blogging the Revolution
“Caracas Chronicles has been an indispensable source of lucidity and perspective in these turbulent times in Venezuela. Toro and Nagel have been right on target, without pretending to be ludicrously impartial; they have been able to rise above polarization, trying hard to make sense of an often implausible reality. Blogging the Revolution shows them at their best. If you are not already a fan, you will become one.”
- Francisco J. Monaldi, RFK Visiting Professor at Harvard Kennedy School and Director, Center on Energy at IESA in Caracas.Recent Comments
Isa on 50 Shades of Boy Are We S… Justin Delacour on A great Boris Muñoz piece in T… syd on A great Boris Muñoz piece in T… billl bass on A great Boris Muñoz piece in T… Justin Delacour on A great Boris Muñoz piece in T… billl bass on 50 Shades of Boy Are We S… extorres on 50 Shades of Boy Are We S… extorres on 50 Shades of Boy Are We S… extorres on 50 Shades of Boy Are We S… Kepler on 50 Shades of Boy Are We S… Popular Now
-
Is it funny that I think that in the 1900s Caracas had a better public transport system? I mean, we could have used trains to go to La Guaira, Los Valles del Tuy and Valencia.
It’s just ironic, it was a pretty crappy city still.
Great documentary. It´s refreshing to remember how the city looked in a long gone pre-hyperpolarization era. Salvador Garmendia, William Niño Araque and even Banco Caracas did not live enough to see the city in it´s current state of decay and disarray
I must be getting old- this is totally interesting.
Sure, it’s interesting, and making all that old footage available is always something to commend, but it’s not a great documentary. It substitutes information for platitudes and topics. It barely has a narrative backbone, making it little more than a parade of pretty takes without meaning (which is what they should have provided). It doesn’t even address the city’s chaotic nature, or how it is governed, making it all seem hugely phony, too much okey dokey.
It’s interesting, mildly pretty, but that’s all.
JCN:Thank you. Great Stuff. Wonderful Memories. Thankfully ends at 2000. The City is virtually unlivable now….