Arturo Ripstein

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Arturo Ripstein in March 2009.

Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican film director , film producer and screenwriter . He began his career as an assistant to Luis Buñuel and later made a name for himself with independent films, often based on models and scripts by great Latin American authors.

life and work

Arturo Ripstein was born in Mexico City on December 13, 1943. He began his career in the film industry as an assistant to the important director Luis Buñuels , on whose 1962 film Der Würgeengel he worked on. In 1965 Ripstein made his directorial debut with Tiempo de Morir . The script for this film was written by Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García Márquez . Such collaborations with great Latin American writers followed several times.

Ripstein was able to establish himself in the Mexican film industry and continue his work without major restrictions under the José López Portillo government , under which film funding was severely cut. In fact, he made two films during that time that are counted among his best. These are El lugar sin límites and La viuada negra , both of which were created in 1977.

With his films, Ripstein did not pursue any commercial interests or attempted to serve a public taste, but only followed his artistic claims. The stories he told in the films often dealt with loners and their problems. Ripstein worked with long takes in which several actors appeared and acted, which in contrast to the modern fast cuts and many close-ups seemed old-fashioned.

In 1991, Ripstein shot a remake of the 1930 film La mujer del puerto in collaboration with his wife Paz Alicia Garcíadiego . Evangelina Sosa and Damián Alcázar played the leading roles in the new version , with a small independent American film company involved in the production. The film was seen as difficult to market, but viewed as a possible breakthrough for Mexican film in international art house cinema . The film was unable to fulfill these hopes, however, and was shown primarily at second-rate film festivals. the film was perceived as gloomy and pessimistic, which was cited as a reason for its low audience appeal.

Ripstein made his last film to date with La calle de la amargura in 2015. In 2016 he was selected as jury president of the 69th Locarno International Film Festival .

In 2017 he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Arturo Ripstein's father Alfredo Ripstein (1916-2007) was a well-known Mexican film producer, his sister Silvia was a film actress (under the pseudonym Daniela Rosen ), and his sons are also active in the film business: Alejandro Ripstein is a producer and film editor and Gabriel Ripstein made his debut in 2015 as Director.

Filmography

literature

  • Carl J. Mora, "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." Mcfarland & Co Inc, 2005. ISBN 978-0786420834

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl J. Mora: "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." Mcfarland & Co Inc, 2005. Page 191.
  2. ^ A b Carl J. Mora: "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." Mcfarland & Co Inc, 2005. Page 192.
  3. ↑ Die Frau vom Hafen (1991) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  4. ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
personal data
SURNAME Ripstein, Arturo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ripstein y Rosen, Arturo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican director, producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city