Missing by Costas Gavras 1982 a film about the American backed coup in Chile 1973 ousting President Allende by General
Pinochet to protect American Interests as usual. added by steve2000a Music of Vangelis for end credits. End Credits/Finale (Missing) Music by Vangelis
Missing is a profoundly disturbing political film based on a true story.
Very little is exaggerated as the Neocons & the Religious Right and their fascist friends have claimed. Most Neocons and
other twisted patriots American or Canadian believe such a film should have never been shown in theatres. They see it as a
subversive anti-American and therefore anti-capitalist and anti-Christian and anti-Western film. They see nothing at all wrong
with executing unarmed students, professors, scholars, musicians, artists, journalists, poets, novelists, social workers and
all community activists and other so called agitators or free thinkers.
As film Missing is one of the truly great
films like Citizen Kane . It is a mater piece of editing which turns what could have been a rather obvious piece of politicing
or as a political biopic. Instead Gavras has turned the story into a mystery in which we are given clues along the way from
Flashbacks and flashbacks within flashbacks. The director uses some great bits of juxtapositioning such as a crowd of rich
people at a party singing along to the pop song my ding-a-ling as we hear gunshots and then the well to do go out on a balcony
and applaud a general and soldiers who pass by on the street - possibly it is General Pinochet himself. Or a night scene in
which soldiers are shooting people who are out after curfew - suddenly a white stallion is being chased by soldiers in a jeep
shooting using a 50 calibre machine gun. It is a world turned topsy-turvy where the madmen are running the asylum.
From:
trauld at YouTube Missing by Costas Gavras 1982 (part 1 ) the rest is available at YouTube Spreading American Values. Missing is
the story of a young America caught up in th Military Coup in Chile. General Pinochet backed by the American government and
the American people and the complicity of much of the West overthrew the legally elected and popular President Allende. But
even thirty five years later one will get hate e-mail just for mentioning it. America more often than not supports the anti-democratic
forces in favor of friendly fascist or authoritarian regimes. Americans prefer to drink the Kool-Aid rather than face the
truth. they prefer ignorance . They rationalize this by claiming all true Americans are patriots who would not dare question
their government, the CIA, the Pentagon - Missing part 1.
This next clip is a pivotal scene at the end of the film.
After being lied
to again and again by officials they finally reveal that his son was executed . Mr. Horman /Jack Lemmon sheds his old self
& his view that America could do no wrong. He is a typical American who is patriotic and believes in his country. Now
he knows what those in power in America are capable. They gave the order to have his son arrested, tortured and executed because
he knew too much . Should those who order such actions be treated any better ??? Missing (part 12 ) Costas Gavras
