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15 mil dibujos
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Wikipedia article
'"15 mil dibujos"' (15 thousand drawings) is a 1942 Chilean animated film of 35 millimeters made by the filmmakers Juan Carlos Trupp and Jaime Escudero Sanhueza. It filmed by Enrique Soto and musicalized by The Chilean band Los Huasos Quincheros. "15 mil dibujos" is the third animated film made in Chile, the other previos movies rea 'Transmisin del mando presidencial' (1921) and 'Vida y milagros de Don Fausto' (1924).
Plot
The story recounts the adventures from the condor anthropomorphous, Copuchita (whose name comes of the Chilean term "'Copucha'"), and of his friends, the Cougar dressed as mapuche Manihuel, the rooster dressed as huaso o Benhaiga, and a woman young named Clarita.
Production
In 1930s, Juan Carlos Trupp met Jaime Escudero Sanhueza at the Arquitecture of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Both Trupp and Escudero began the realization of this short in an artisanal way, taking place in a workshop located in the corner of the street Lira & Marcoleta in Santiago de Chile. The film received financial help from friends and family of directors Trupp and Escudero. Trupp grandmother, Leopoldina composed the music of the film, however, it was performed by The Chilean band Los Huasos Quincheros, the filming was in charge of Enrique Soto. Later, Trupp and Escudero won the financial support of CORFO and the Compaa de Salitres de Chile (COSACH), where Escudero's father worked, who was a lawyer and also financially supported the project.
According to Escudero in an interview from the "Museo de la Historieta de Chile" ('Chilean Cartoon Museum'), the central idea of the film was born out of his interest in dignifying the 'Roto' Chilean, and from this concept a large part of the characters were designed, main reason why Copuchita, the main character of the film, wears a typical hat of a Roto. "I am already 87 years old, so I apologize for forgetting some things," says Escudero, however, Escudero was certain that it was a long-term film, since scenes filmed with actors in Chilefilms to extend your footage. Despite the great efforts of Escudero and Trupp, the movie went unfinished for a long time, which caused a drop in mood, especially from family members, since the monetary demand was very high. According to the website Cine Chile, "it was absolutely nothing comparable to the monumental works that Disney produced in those days."
In September 1941 Walt Disney during his visit in Chile made with the aim of finishing one of the parts of the 42-minute film 'Saludos Amigos'. In addition, he visited La Moneda, he met with the most illustrious cartoonists of Topaze magazine, and visited the workshop of Lira & Marcoleta in which Trupp and Escudero worked. Disney watched the movie progress and he support and advice them to do their work more efficiently, since until then they used basic and handmade materials. Disney to see the effort put into the film's production, he invited the filmmakers to work with him in United States, but this was never fulfilled due to the tense situation that the North American country during the World War II. Although Escudero was the cartoonist, he recognizes that the presence of Carlos Trupp was what helped him to continue with the project, according to Escudero, Carlos Trupp was a fairly hyperkinetic young man. Escudero did not hesitate to consider that the film "was not good", against this Victor Uribe he pointed out that "Don Escudero detracts from his own work" and affirmed that "the value of this material as a historical document is invaluable".
Reception
'15 mil dibujos' was premiered in a room from Santiago de Chile on December 24, 1942, and it was also released in the Imperio and Miami theaters. After a week of its publication, the film was a box office flop, and the criticisms from the "Ecran" magazine on December 29, 1942 were mainly negatives. According to the magazine, '15 mil dibujos' has "an endless series of defects" and stated that the plot is "almost childish", adding that the drawings "are weak" and that "harmony in their movements" was lacking. Regarding the characters, I comment that although they are "ingenious" they are "too grotesque". He also added that the photographs were "weak" and that the synchronization was "deficient", but that the intervention of the group of "Los Quinchineros" gives the film amenity.
In addition, the creators, unable to collect the money invested, were indebted to the cinemas that showed it. After the release of the animated film, on November 5, 1947 Carlos Trupp directed the documentary, 'Santiago de Cuatro Siglos', a film on Black and white of 35 millimeters, that tells the Santiago de chile's story. The movie whose duration was 30 minutes, was scripted by Orlando Cabrera Leiva, filmed by Luis Bernal and sponsored by the Municipality of Las Condes. On the other hand Jaime Escudero later worked in other areas: either working in magazines like 'El Cabrito' and 'El Peneca', or creating the logos of the stations in the 1980s.
Restoration attempts
About 2 years before 2001, Rodrigo Trupp, a Carlos Trupp's grandson, came across at their house located in Chicago, United States a chest what contained a old copy of the tape. Later he try to restore the tape '15 mil dibujos', however, this idea never came to fruition. Later, the Trupp's grandson along with Victor Uribe joined forces to go in search of lost pieces of the film and money to complete the project. Uribe asked for a total of $1 million explaining that: "My idea is to transfer this material from film to video and make a short film", however they did not continue with the project.Conservation status
Kylie Trupp, a Trupp's granddaughter and student at the University of the Americas, began a search to try to rediscover all the material that had been left over of the tape, in this way, he obtained a trunk containing rolls of the film "15 mil dibujos". According to the Chilean magazine El Mercurio, Kylie reported this discovery to the teachers of the university, who were in charge of the restoration and digitization of the work together with the Cineteca Nacional. While was not achieved to discover all the material of the tape, the little material that Kylie Trupp could find, her present it at the 2014 Noche de Monos Festival of UDLA, and later uploaded to their YouTube account.In other media
In 1960 were used scenes from this film in the documentary 'Recordando' by Edmundo Urrutia. In 1962, during the production of the film "Condorito en el Circo" (film which was never released), the Ecran magazine published an article mentioning that Copuchita could be Condorito's father. In an interview with one of the film's directors together with "Ergocomics.cl" he pointed out that the character "Copuchita" is from 1941 and Condorito appeared in "Okey" in 1949, so it must be one of the inspirations of Condorito, since Pepo met him and at some point talked about him, but nothing that can be proven, in any case it is an honor if it was so. In June 2017, an exhibition of 200 images called 'Del Condor al Oso: 75 aos de animaci chilena' was held at the 'Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center' (GAM), starting with '15 mil dibujos' and ending with 'Historia de un Oso'.
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