Raul Ruiz film and videotape collection, 1960-1996
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Summary
- Creator:
- Ruiz, Raul, 1941- and Sarmiento, Valeria
- Abstract:
- Feature and short films in Spanish, French, Italian, and English, deposited by Ruiz during his residency at Duke in the 1990s. Formats include 16mm and 35mm motion picture film, videocassettes, and DVDs.
- Extent:
- 5.4 Linear Feet
166 Items - Language:
- Material in Spanish, French, English, Italian
- Collection ID:
- RL.01119
Background
- Scope and content:
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Feature and short films in Spanish, French, Italian, and English, deposited by Ruiz during his residency at Duke in the 1990s. Formats include 16mm and 35mm motion picture film, videocassettes, and DVDs. Also included are digital files created by the Poetastros production company in their reconstruction of La Telenovela Errante (The Wandering Soap Opera).
- Biographical / historical:
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Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz (1941-2011) created surrealist cultural and political critiques and reflections in partnership with his wife, Valeria Sarmiento. In 1973, following Augusto Pinochet's rise to power in Chile, Ruiz and Sarmiento fled to Paris. Through the 1970s and 1980s Ruiz created numerous low- or no-budget films, extending his reputation among followers of avant-garde cinema, particularly in Europe. In the 1990s his budgets grew and he worked with established stars, while also engaging in residencies in universities and film schools around the world, including Duke University. While at Duke University he directed a student project and deposited a number of films and film elements with Duke Library's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections department. Ruiz continued working into the 2000s, producing some of his most prominent films. He died in 2011.
- Acquisition information:
- The Raul Ruiz film and videotape collection were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a deposit in 1996.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Paula Jeannet, 1996; and John Mayrose, May 2007
Encoded by John Mayrose, May 2007
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