I was anxious to watch this after i watched the film The revolution will not be televised. I already knew that this was a contra documentary to the film mentioned above, and as a white European with no connections to either Chavistas or the opposition in Venezuela, i honestly tried to watch this without prejudice. But this was beyond horrible. Everything about it so bad, it is no surprise that while the Irish film has been watched by tens of millions, this here is an obscure so called documentary which after 10 years of being online on Youtube, it only has 24 thousand views. The only places where one can find bits of info about this, are 2-3 obscure anti communist/right winger blogs that no one ever visits. Doing further research, i quickly understood that this is not a documentary by creators interested in the truth no matter what, but pure propaganda made by 2 guys who obviously supported, at least with their hearts, the failed coup against Chavez. Still, willing to hear all views by anyone always, i sat down and watched it. And after watching it, i can easily place it among the 3 most useless pieces of video i have ever seen.
So what is this so called documentary?
Well, in 2003, a documentary called Chavez:Inside the coup, was released.
In 2002, an Irish film crew visited Venezuela to record footage of Chavez and life in Venezuela. During their stay there, a failed coup took place. Naturally, the crew later released the footage as a documentary about that coup. The documentary was initially released with the title Chavez:Inside the coup. Internationally it was released as, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.
It was a strong documentary as it contained real footage from those turbulant days, and it was and still is praised by millions around the world.
In 2004 this so called documentary here was released as a documentary deconstructing the Irish film, and calling it lies and pure Chavista propaganda. Again, i am white European and not a Chavista, nor will i ever become one. So i was excited. I said to myself, i will watch the original Irish film first and then i will watch the "answer" to that film. 4 hours filled with interesting stuff. Coups, riots, propaganda and anti propaganda..I love it!
Well, having watched both films, i really feel like laughing at the two creators of this pathetic piece here.
Chavez-inside the coup, is what we call a documentary. It shows with real footage what took place then, there. It shows the Chavistas marching, the opposition marching, views from both even though it shows more footage of Chavistas, it shows footage from inside the presidential palace, the soldiers first being with the coup and then supporting Chavez again..I mean this is called a strong documentary. Bits of Venezuelan history. Forget personal sympathies. Anyone who doesn't understand why the Irish film is an extremely important documentary, should stop watching documentaries and stick to ancient aliens stuff.
And then i watched this here. Radiografia de una mentira. X rays of a lie.
So this contra film here claims that Chavez, inside the coup is lies. You don't have to even watch it. The title states it clearly. X rays of a lie. Lie, here is the Chavez-inside the coup documentary. First really bad sign that something is fishy here.
Chavez-i.t.c. , is not a lie. The coup took place, the people of Venezuela did embrace Chavez and run to the palace, the army did support him again, the worldwide humiliation of a failed coup did take place. Everything we see in that footage inside Chavez-i.t.c. , is 100% real. Yet the creators of Radiografia, call the whole documentary a lie. If the title said, Lies inside that doc, it would be different. But they claim that the whole documentary is a lie.
We see dead people. Lies. We see soldiers embracing Chavez. Lies. We see a vast sea of Chavez supporters running to protect him. Lies. So huge fail number one. And when something fails even from it's title, we can't expect much from it. Can we? This is an ancient known dirty trick. The creators of Radiografia have 2-3 silly points inside, or as they call them lies, and based on them they call the whole documentary as a lie. It is actually filled with true scenes and true people.
Radiografia is not a documentary. It was not created by a company, it was not supported by any institution, it is the work of two men. Two white men to be specific. And to be honest, since they are not, they are probably fanatic antichavistas who probably supported at least with their hearts that coup. I don't have proof for this but see Radiografia and you can judge for yourself. But first why i say that this is not a documentary.
A documentary records. This is nothing like that. This is simply these two people talking into an antichavista audience with slides. That's all we see besides the footage taken from tv channels and of course the footage of the original Chavez, i.t.c. So Radiografia, is about two antichavistas and what they personaly think about a documentary that made the antichavistas look stupid in the eyes of the whole planet. Hmmm.. They could not find lies, so they created some. By exaggeration and inflation of silly bits. Examples.
They claim that because the film was released under the name Chavez-inside the coup in some countries, and as, The revolution will not be televised, in other countries, this proves that something wicked is going on. I was surprised to read that one of them is a film maker. A film maker who didn't know that films getting released with different names in different countries is something common.
They then make an absolutely idiotic statement. They show the start of Chavez-i.t.c., from two different versions of the film. A version that was played in Venezuela, and a version that was shown in Holland. The Dutch version shows footage of riots from the very start, while the other one didn't. And they say, notice how the Dutch version is much bloodier.. Again, this is a film maker who doesn't know that films, just like their titles, can have different versions. He then says, notice the tanks in the streets footage..it is important to show the Europeans tanks in the streets because tanks means dictatorship to them.. We are talking about incoherent nonsense.. They are obviously trying to make something out of nothing, and then by adding all those nothings together, they reach the fake conclusion that the whole Chavez-i.t.c. Is a lie.
They claim that Chavez silences the media like a dictator. False. These people are so lost inside their antichavista mania, that they forgot that dictators with private tv channels opposing them, never existed. Not once, nowhere in the world. Venezuela under Chavez had private TV channels opposing him with fierceness.
At some point they mumble something about whites, and afro, and mixed Venezuelans. But the thing is that we can clearly see that their audience is almost exclusively white with maybe a few light skinned mixed people. Not a single dark skinned person.. Honestly i will not write three pages analyzing this pathetic piece of antichavista propaganda. It is not a documentary. It is a presentation of two white antichavistas, in front of a small audience comprised exclusively by white antichavistas. Chavez-i.t.c, showed the opposition march and it also showed their views. These people are so angry that the coup of their friends failed, that they let anger dictate their actions. Childish behavior. I would laugh if this subject didn't include deaths and violence.
Conclusion.
Chavez-inside the coup is a documentary with extremely strong footage. It is a glimpse into Venezuelan history. It is important whether one liked or disliked Chavez.
Radiografia is a pathetic and silly response to that documentary, by two fanatic antichavistas, talking to an audience of other antichavistas.
So what is this so called documentary?
Well, in 2003, a documentary called Chavez:Inside the coup, was released.
In 2002, an Irish film crew visited Venezuela to record footage of Chavez and life in Venezuela. During their stay there, a failed coup took place. Naturally, the crew later released the footage as a documentary about that coup. The documentary was initially released with the title Chavez:Inside the coup. Internationally it was released as, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.
It was a strong documentary as it contained real footage from those turbulant days, and it was and still is praised by millions around the world.
In 2004 this so called documentary here was released as a documentary deconstructing the Irish film, and calling it lies and pure Chavista propaganda. Again, i am white European and not a Chavista, nor will i ever become one. So i was excited. I said to myself, i will watch the original Irish film first and then i will watch the "answer" to that film. 4 hours filled with interesting stuff. Coups, riots, propaganda and anti propaganda..I love it!
Well, having watched both films, i really feel like laughing at the two creators of this pathetic piece here.
Chavez-inside the coup, is what we call a documentary. It shows with real footage what took place then, there. It shows the Chavistas marching, the opposition marching, views from both even though it shows more footage of Chavistas, it shows footage from inside the presidential palace, the soldiers first being with the coup and then supporting Chavez again..I mean this is called a strong documentary. Bits of Venezuelan history. Forget personal sympathies. Anyone who doesn't understand why the Irish film is an extremely important documentary, should stop watching documentaries and stick to ancient aliens stuff.
And then i watched this here. Radiografia de una mentira. X rays of a lie.
So this contra film here claims that Chavez, inside the coup is lies. You don't have to even watch it. The title states it clearly. X rays of a lie. Lie, here is the Chavez-inside the coup documentary. First really bad sign that something is fishy here.
Chavez-i.t.c. , is not a lie. The coup took place, the people of Venezuela did embrace Chavez and run to the palace, the army did support him again, the worldwide humiliation of a failed coup did take place. Everything we see in that footage inside Chavez-i.t.c. , is 100% real. Yet the creators of Radiografia, call the whole documentary a lie. If the title said, Lies inside that doc, it would be different. But they claim that the whole documentary is a lie.
We see dead people. Lies. We see soldiers embracing Chavez. Lies. We see a vast sea of Chavez supporters running to protect him. Lies. So huge fail number one. And when something fails even from it's title, we can't expect much from it. Can we? This is an ancient known dirty trick. The creators of Radiografia have 2-3 silly points inside, or as they call them lies, and based on them they call the whole documentary as a lie. It is actually filled with true scenes and true people.
Radiografia is not a documentary. It was not created by a company, it was not supported by any institution, it is the work of two men. Two white men to be specific. And to be honest, since they are not, they are probably fanatic antichavistas who probably supported at least with their hearts that coup. I don't have proof for this but see Radiografia and you can judge for yourself. But first why i say that this is not a documentary.
A documentary records. This is nothing like that. This is simply these two people talking into an antichavista audience with slides. That's all we see besides the footage taken from tv channels and of course the footage of the original Chavez, i.t.c. So Radiografia, is about two antichavistas and what they personaly think about a documentary that made the antichavistas look stupid in the eyes of the whole planet. Hmmm.. They could not find lies, so they created some. By exaggeration and inflation of silly bits. Examples.
They claim that because the film was released under the name Chavez-inside the coup in some countries, and as, The revolution will not be televised, in other countries, this proves that something wicked is going on. I was surprised to read that one of them is a film maker. A film maker who didn't know that films getting released with different names in different countries is something common.
They then make an absolutely idiotic statement. They show the start of Chavez-i.t.c., from two different versions of the film. A version that was played in Venezuela, and a version that was shown in Holland. The Dutch version shows footage of riots from the very start, while the other one didn't. And they say, notice how the Dutch version is much bloodier.. Again, this is a film maker who doesn't know that films, just like their titles, can have different versions. He then says, notice the tanks in the streets footage..it is important to show the Europeans tanks in the streets because tanks means dictatorship to them.. We are talking about incoherent nonsense.. They are obviously trying to make something out of nothing, and then by adding all those nothings together, they reach the fake conclusion that the whole Chavez-i.t.c. Is a lie.
They claim that Chavez silences the media like a dictator. False. These people are so lost inside their antichavista mania, that they forgot that dictators with private tv channels opposing them, never existed. Not once, nowhere in the world. Venezuela under Chavez had private TV channels opposing him with fierceness.
At some point they mumble something about whites, and afro, and mixed Venezuelans. But the thing is that we can clearly see that their audience is almost exclusively white with maybe a few light skinned mixed people. Not a single dark skinned person.. Honestly i will not write three pages analyzing this pathetic piece of antichavista propaganda. It is not a documentary. It is a presentation of two white antichavistas, in front of a small audience comprised exclusively by white antichavistas. Chavez-i.t.c, showed the opposition march and it also showed their views. These people are so angry that the coup of their friends failed, that they let anger dictate their actions. Childish behavior. I would laugh if this subject didn't include deaths and violence.
Conclusion.
Chavez-inside the coup is a documentary with extremely strong footage. It is a glimpse into Venezuelan history. It is important whether one liked or disliked Chavez.
Radiografia is a pathetic and silly response to that documentary, by two fanatic antichavistas, talking to an audience of other antichavistas.
