15 mil dibujos

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15 mil dibujos
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Film poster
Directed byCarlos Trupp
Jaime Escudero
Music byLos Huasos Quincheros
Animation byJaime Escudero Sanhueza
Release date
December 24, 1942
CountryChile

"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.[1] It filmed by Enrique Soto and musicalized by The Chilean band Los Huasos Quincheros.[2] "15 mil dibujos" is the third Chilean animated film[1] after other movies like: "Transmisión del mando presidencial" (1921) and "Vida y milagros de Don Fausto" (1924).[3] However, it was considered the first Chilean animated film by some media.[4]

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 Ño Benhaiga, and a woman young named Clarita.[5]

Production[]

In 1930s Carlos Trupp met Jaime Escudero at the Arquitecture of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[4] 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 con Marcoleta" in Santiago de Chile. The film received financial help from friends and family of directors Trupp and Escudero,[2] Leopoldina, an grandmother of Carlos Trupp made the music of the film.[4] And as a consequence Trupp and Escudero won the financial support of CORFO and the Compañía de Salitres de Chile (COSACH), where Escudero's father worked, who was a lawyer and also financially supported the project.[1]

According to an interview with Escudero 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.[4] According Escudero: "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[3] in Chilefilms[2] to extend your footage.[3] 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.[4]

In 1941 Walt Disney during your visit in Chile, visited Lira con Marcoleta, and watched the movie progress, that's why Disney 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.[4] 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".[3]

Reception[]

This film was premiered in a room from Santiago de Chile on December 24, 1942, after a week of its publication, the film was a box office flop,[6] and the criticisms from the "Ecran" magazine on December 29, 1942 were mainly negative.[7][8] In addition, the creators, unable to collect the money invested, were indebted to the cinemas that showed it.[4]

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.[9] 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.[2]

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.[10] 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",[3] however they did not continue with the project.[10]

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.[11]

In other media[]

In 1960 were used scenes from this film in the documentary "Recordando" by Edmundo Urrutia.[12][13][14][15] In 1962, during the production of the film "Condorito en el Circo" (film which was never released),[6] the magazine "Ecran" published an article mentioning that Copuchita could be Condorito's father.[16] 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».[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Algunas actualizaciones sobre "15 mil dibujos"". Cinechile (in Spanish). 9 April 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Película: 15.000 dibujos". Cineteca Universidad de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Primer filme chileno animado". El Mercurio de Valparaíso (in Spanish). 12 November 2001. Archived from the original on 15 November 2001. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Urbina, Ana Catalina (January 10, 2016). "El arduo camino para recuperar la primera película de animación chilena". Economiaynegocios.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  5. ^ "15 mil dibujos". Cinechile (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Marcelo Morales. Pilar Subiabre (ed.). "15.000 Dibujos". Solomonos Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ^ "La Primera Película Chilena de Dibujos Animados". Ecran (in Spanish) (562 ed.). 1942-12-29.
  8. ^ Nisaza (27 June 2018). "15000 Dibujos: Joya perdida". Aifreak (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Santiago de cuatro siglos". Cinechile (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Restaurarán Copuchita, el personaje animado que inspiró Condorito". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 13 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Destacan el papel que jugó UDLA en el rescate de la primera película de animación nacional" (in Spanish). Universidad de las Americas. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Miércoles de cine: La animación en Chile". Museo Regional de Ancud (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  13. ^ "El Condor Copuchita". 24 horas. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  14. ^ "15 mil dibujos" (in Spanish). Centro Cultural La Moneda. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  15. ^ Murat, Oscar (28 October 2021). "15 películas de animación chilenas de todos los tiempos". BlogActual.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Las disputas por la paternidad de Condorito". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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