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 Entertainment | July 2005 
Center to Show Rescued Films
 Juan Solís - El Universal
Beginning July 1 and running through July 10, as part of its series on rescued and restored films, the Filmoteca at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is presenting the 1937 classic "La Mancha de Sangre," or "The Bloodstain."
When it was first produced 68 years ago, La Mancha de Sangre was attacked by government censors, whose drastic cuts left the film with numerous awkward segues and non sequitur.
But thanks to the efforts of technicians at the UNAM filmoteca, or film institute, the original cut by director Adolfo Best Maugard has been restored in its entirety.
According to the restoration project director, Francisco Gaytán, censors originally objected to scenes such as a hallucinogenic episode by a cabaret-goer. But that scene, he says, was the one that explained the title of the film, and so when it was eliminated, it seriously damaged the continuity of the work.
Gaytán also explains that sections of the rescued film will be subtitled and without a soundtrack. That's because the original soundtrack was too damaged in some places to be restored. So in order to accurately subtitle the missing dialogues, the film institute hired deaf people to read the lips of the actors and transcribe the conversations.
In addition, as part of the same series, the filmoteca will present several other restored films including the Emilio Fernández film, "María Candelaria" and "Los Olvidados" by Luis Buñuel. |
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