At 8:25 Evita Became Immortal
Mario Szichman
1981
The funeral of the lady put Buenos Aires into suspended animation. Past and future were linked by the deterioration of some buildings and the addition of a few new ones that never went beyond the stage of frames and scaffolds.
Trolleys and streetcars went out of circulation. The pallor of vapor lamps replaced the yellow glow of street-lights…
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