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Three Crowns of a Sailor, The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting, City of Pirates, Life is a Dream, Treasure Island… These films form only a tiny part of a sum of work which is impossible to classify. Magician of appearances and joyful orchestrator of counterfeits, Raul Ruiz's amazing cinematographic chemistry adopts and recycles traditions of both popular and learned cultures.
An allegorical examination centred on the multiplicity of viewpoints and the ambiguity between reality and fiction are central elements in the abondant work of this poetic artist, explorer of images and builder of labyrinths who expresses himself on film, in the theatre and in his writings.
Interview with, text and visual lay-out by Raul Ruiz.
This publication received the Centre National de la Cinematographie's prize for the best book on cinema in 1988. |
