RAOUL RUIZ COLLECTION (2 DVDS)

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Director: Raoul Ruiz

Label: Blaq Out

Genre: Art House

Country: France

Year: 1977 / 197

LA VOCATION SUSPENDUE (THE SUSPENDED VOCATION) - 1977

An abbot sees his vocation disturbed by the ideological quarrels which strike its religious community.

Original fullframe version

French audio

Optional English and Spanish subtitles

L'HYPOTHÈSE DU TABLEAU VOLÉ (THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE STOLEN PAINTING) - 1979

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting is the film most responsible for bringing director Raul Ruiz to international prominence. The intricate film is structured as an unfolding puzzle, a bafflingly complex mystery where the detectives use the techniques of art history.

The film is narrated by an art collector and an unnamed interviewer who dissect a series of six 19th-century paintings. The collector argues that certain imperfections in the artwork — errors in perspective, anachronistic objects, misplaced shadows — are not in fact imperfections, but clues left by the artist. He feels these are keys to a larger secret, one related to a grand historical conspiracy.

However, this theory presupposes the existence of a seventh painting, the crucial, missing link in the chain. The collector believes this painting has been stolen, but the interviewer claims it never existed. Ruiz transforms these academic discussions into cinema by exploring the riddle of the paintings from the inside. He re-creates each painting with live actors and real locations then views the scenes from different angles, presenting a visual equivalent to the spoken analysis, a meditation on history, art, and the problem of interpretation.

Original fullframe version

French audio

Optional English and Spanish subtitles

LES TROIS COURONNES DU MATELOT (THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR) - 1983

In Raoul Ruiz's classically surreal fantasy, a sailor, known for telling tales, sees a student killing his teacher and decides to spin a few yarns for him. He tells the boy of his many adventures in exotic South American ports where he visited opium dens and stayed in cathouses. In such dark, dreamlike places, the sailor meets many strange, mystical characters.

Original fullframe version

French audio

Optional English and Spanish subtitles

From Chile to Klossowski - Interview with Raoul Ruiz (in French with English and Spanish subtitle options)

A Fantastic Journey - Interview with Raoul Ruiz (in French with English and Spanish subtitle options)

RAOUL RUIZ COLLECTION (2 DVDS)

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RAOUL RUIZ COLLECTION (2 DVDS)[4299]Stock Status: In Stock

$55.95

RAOUL RUIZ COLLECTION (2 DVDS)

[4299]

Stock Status: In Stock