Twilight graphic novel set12/8/2023 Having said this, the reductionism of this crazed alt-history mythology has a lot of graphic novel energy and directness, which the whole clotted central section about the butler and accountant/nun doesn’t quite. Well, a gothic fantasy about vampires is not the same as a documentary, although veterans of the 1973 coup may feel the film has missed out Americans in favour of more obvious targets. It’s just our narrator – although Madame Pinochet has a mug with Queen Elizabeth II on it. But how about all those other vampires who helped the vampire Chilean general to power in 1973? Surely the tomb door will grind open to reveal the black-cloaked and fanged figure of Henry Kissinger (still with us as I write at the age of 100)? Richard Nixon? CIA chief Vernon Walters? It would be unsporting to give away the identity of the undead speaker, though you’ll recognise who it is at once. The most showstopping supporting turn is one that is at first only given to us in voiceover: the narrative commentary from Pinochet’s biggest-ever fan. These dependents have also agreed to a forensic inspection of the general’s papers to identify where he has hidden his looted millions so they can get hold of it – and this accountant is also, very bizarrely, a nun (played by Paula Luchsinger) who intends to exorcise him and purify his legacy, just as the Church is arguably doing with Pinochet in the real world. At any rate, he has some chilling dialogue sequences with his master, as they discuss how much they adored torturing dissidents and looting from the state. But first, he must settle up with his retinue: his ageing cantankerous wife (Gloria Münchmeyer) and bickering, mediocre grownup children, and his butler, a chillingly reactionary White Russian veteran Fyodor, played by the excellent Alfredo Castro, who I was half-expecting to play Pinochet himself. But now he is bored, on the point of starving himself of sanguinary nourishments and finally ending it all. He fakes his own death – there is a great moment when the corpse’s eyes flicker open during the lying in state – and continues to slake his thirst covertly, drifting drone-like above the teeming city streets, ready to pounce.
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