Notebook is unfurling a series of tributes to Raúl Ruiz entitled "Blind Man's Bluff": the bulk a compilation of new, shorter pieces from a few generous critics and Ruizians on favorite moments from a vast, subterranean filmography. Beside these original tributes, the filmmaker and critic Luc Moullet has graciously offered his piece, written for a 2003 retrospective, on Ruiz’s 1987 short, Brise-Glace; the piece is included below for the first time in English translation, as well as in the original French below. For more from "Raúl Ruiz: Blind Man's Bluff," please check the Table of Contents.
It’s a sort of half-hour long sketch, inserted into an unusual omnibus co-produced by the French ministry of Foreign Affairs and Sweden, and centered on a Scandinavian ship called the “brise-glace,” “The Icebreaker.” The other two parts, both commonplace, are closer to documentary.
Ruiz’s film belongs to the extraordinary. There are a few humans on-board,...
It’s a sort of half-hour long sketch, inserted into an unusual omnibus co-produced by the French ministry of Foreign Affairs and Sweden, and centered on a Scandinavian ship called the “brise-glace,” “The Icebreaker.” The other two parts, both commonplace, are closer to documentary.
Ruiz’s film belongs to the extraordinary. There are a few humans on-board,...
- 10/5/2011
- MUBI
Above: La chouette aveugle (The Blind Owl, 1987)
Over the next couple weeks, Notebook will be unfurling a series of tributes to Raúl Ruiz: along with some previously published articles, here in English for the first time, the bulk a compilation of new, shorter pieces from a few generous critics and Ruizians on favorite moments from a vast, subterranean filmography. This small, mock-filmography shouldn’t be taken as anything like a comprehensive grip on Ruiz’s films or even incomprehensive grip: the Rouge annotated filmography remains the essential, critical card catalogue. Instead, something like this collection of close-readings can probably only show the ways Ruiz eludes chronology and anything but a kaleidoscopic perspective onto his work. Hopefully it can hint at the many phantom Ruizes unconsidered here while pin-pointing some pivotal moments in a pivoting career.
As we publish the pieces in batches by decade, the links below will be...
Over the next couple weeks, Notebook will be unfurling a series of tributes to Raúl Ruiz: along with some previously published articles, here in English for the first time, the bulk a compilation of new, shorter pieces from a few generous critics and Ruizians on favorite moments from a vast, subterranean filmography. This small, mock-filmography shouldn’t be taken as anything like a comprehensive grip on Ruiz’s films or even incomprehensive grip: the Rouge annotated filmography remains the essential, critical card catalogue. Instead, something like this collection of close-readings can probably only show the ways Ruiz eludes chronology and anything but a kaleidoscopic perspective onto his work. Hopefully it can hint at the many phantom Ruizes unconsidered here while pin-pointing some pivotal moments in a pivoting career.
As we publish the pieces in batches by decade, the links below will be...
- 9/28/2011
- MUBI
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