La Neurosis Sobre Ruedas

A documentary essay about the psychological effects of Caracas's reliance on cars and its traffic problems.

00:20Copy video clip URL Title/credits, accompanied by jazz-fusion from the band Return to Forever alternating with footage of cars. “La Neurosis Sobre Ruedas. Produccion Y Realizacion Equipo 2 Octavo Semestre. Colaboracion Unidad Audiovisual Comunicacion Social U.C.V. Musica Milles Davis. Caracas 1978.” 

01:13Copy video clip URL Narration begins, in Spanish, over footage of Caracas. Discussion of the state of urban Caracas and of the speed with which a life can be lost while driving.

02:32Copy video clip URL Interview with Dr. Ruben Rendon A. 

03:07Copy video clip URL Speaking with a woman on the street at night. 

04:04Copy video clip URL Montage of still images. 

04:33Copy video clip URL Psychiatrist Dr. Antonio Pacheco speaks about the factors producing neurosis in Caracas, focusing on cars. 

06:22Copy video clip URL Footage of people standing around on the streets of Caracas, and interviews with men on the street 

06:52Copy video clip URL Interview with a man on the street.

07:46Copy video clip URL Onscreen text: “La Neurosis Sobre Ruedas.” Still images of cars and drivers. 

08:41Copy video clip URL Rendon returns, speaking about traffic accidents and deaths, and other ill effects of traffic in Caracas. Onscreen text: Venezuela 18978. Acct: 137,507. Muertes [Deaths’: 5,608. Heridos [Wounded]: 63,000.”

11:15Copy video clip URL Onscreen text: “La Neurosis Sobre Ruedas.” Pacheco returns to speak about the psychological effects of Caracas’s traffic and the time spent in cars on its people. He discusses the aggression that driving creates.

14:01Copy video clip URL Rendon discusses neurosis caused by driving and traffic. Onscreen text: “La Neurosis Sobre Ruedas.” 

15:34Copy video clip URL Montage of still images of sidewalks and pedestrians, accompanied by music by Return to Forever. Voiceover conversations with Rendon about mental health in Caracas. 

17:05Copy video clip URL Return of the narrator, who revisits the opening discussion. 

17:44Copy video clip URL End title/credits over music from Return to Forever. Produccion Y Realizacion: Angela Amerjoso, Irene Sosa, Edgar Nejias, Marco T. Arellano, Manuel Garcia, Maribel Arevalo, Colaboracion: Unidad Audiovisual Comunicacion Social U.C.V. Music Milles Davis. Caracas 1978.”