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November 2001

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By Mark McHarry

Barbet Schroeder's website-- Films du Losange: www.filmsdulosange.fr/viergedestueurs

Spanish-language links-- Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango (Bogotá), Fabio Martínez, "Fernando Vallejo: El ángel del Apocalipsis," an analysis of Vallejo's work: www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/boleti5/bol14/angel1.htm

see also John Jairo Galán's biography: www.banrep.gov.co/blaavirtual/letra-b/biogcircu/vallfern.htm

Caretas (Lima), Mario Vargas Llosa, "Los Sicarios": www.caretas.com.pe/1999/1588/mvll/mvll.htm

El Colombiano (Medellín), José Alejandro Castaño's interview with Anderson Ballesteros and Juan David Restrepo: www.elcolombiano.com/proyectos/virgendelossicarios/protagonistas.htm

El Espectador (Bogotá), Carlos Mario Correa, "El rebusque de los parceros del cine", another interview with Ballesteros and Restrepo; click the button Cultura on the left: www.elespectador.com/anteriores.asp?ano=2000&mes=09&dia=21&Submit2=Buscar

El Mundo (Madrid), Borja Hermoso, "Barbet Schroeder se zambulle en el horror de Medellín", interview with Schroeder and Vallejo: www.elmundo.es/2000/10/11/cultura/11N0142.html

Página/12 (Buenos Aires), Claudio Zeiger, "La belleza y la furia," an interview with Vallejo and discussion of his work. From a leading literary magazine, it's probably the most informed look at his career: www.pagina12.com.ar/2001/suple/libros/01-09/01-09-23/nota1.htm

see also Zeiger's account of the making of the movie, "En la ciudad de la furia": www.pagina12.com.ar/2001/suple/radar/01-08/01-08-05/nota1.htm

Octaedro (Quito, Ecuador), Tatiana Escárraga, "La virgen de los sicarios narra una historia de amor 'en el país del odio,'" interview with Vallejo: www.octaedro.org.ec/sicarios.htm

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Mark McHarry keeps an eye on Latin culture from the Bay Area