Preliminary Inventory of the Raul Ruiz film and videotape collection, 1960-1996
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Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Creator
Ruiz, Raul
Title
Raul Ruiz film and videotape collection, 1960-1996
Language of Material
Material in Spanish
French
English
Italian
Extent
5.4 Linear Feet
166 Items
Abstract
166 Items
Acclaimed Chilean filmmaker now living in exile in France.
Feature and short films in Spanish, French, Italian, and English. Includes reels of audio and video film. One set of videocassettes contains Ruiz' interpretation of Dante's Inferno, produced for television by the BBC. Some films deal with social conditions in Chile during the 1960s and 1970s. Others are fabulist films set in various places around the world. Also included are use copies of the collection in DVD and VHS formats.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is restricted.
In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, original audiovisual materials are CLOSED to patron use. Use copies are available in the collection.
All or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Copyright Notice
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Raul Ruiz film and videotape collection, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Raul Ruiz film and videotape collection were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a
deposit in 1996.
Processing Information
Processed by Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, 1996; and John Mayrose, May 2007
Encoded by John Mayrose, May 2007
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Acclaimed Chilean filmmaker now living in exile in France.
[top]Collection Overview
Feature and short films in Spanish, French, Italian, and English. Includes reels of audio and video film. One set of videocassettes contains Ruiz' interpretation of Dante's Inferno, produced for television by the BBC. Some films deal with social conditions in Chile during the 1960s and 1970s. Others are fabulist films set in various places around the world. Also includes 5 DVD use copies and 3 VHS use copies.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Ruiz, Raul, 1941-
- Independent filmmakers--Chile.
- Independent filmmakers--France.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Political refugees--Chile.
- Foreign films.
- Chile--Social conditions.
- Chile--Social life and customs.
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Preliminary Description of Collection
Accession 1996 (1996-0126)
158 items
Feature and short films in Spanish, French, Italian, and English. Includes reels of audio and video film. One set of videocassettes contains Ruiz' interpretation of Dante's Inferno, produced for television by the BBC. Some films deal with social conditions in Chile during the 1960s and 1970s. Others are fabulist films set in various places around the world.
Original audiovisual materials are CLOSED to patron use. Use copies are available for some items in the collection.
Treasure Island (English)
(7 reels, 600 meters each, 35 mm. film; Approx. 2 hrs., 10 mins.)
(other title: L'isle au tresor).
"Copie 0."
Screening reels -- ready to view.
L'autel de l'amitie'
(1 reel, 600 m., 16 mm. film)
(
"The altar of friendship"
)
Viaggio clandestino (Italian)
(2 reels, 300 m. each, 16 mm. film)
(
"Clandestine voyage."
)
"Copie 0."
Nadie dijo nada (Spanish,
"1971"
)
(2 reels, 500 m. each, 16 mm. film)
(
"Nobody said anything."
) Probably only copy in existence.
La vocation suspendue (French)
(
"The suspended career."
) Magnetic sound.
"Copie mixage"
: image and magnetic sound mixed; basically ready to view.
Canister 1
(2 reels, ca. 250 m. each, 16 mm.)
"copie mixage"
Canister 2
(2 reels, ca. 250 m. each, 16 mm.)
Canister 3
(2 reels, ca. 250 m. each, 16 mm.)
On cover
"color film,"
"Copie 0"
Paya y talla (Spanish)
(One canister: one reel, 240 meters, 16 mm. film; about 25 minutes.)
"Copie 0"
"Hubert Bals"
(name of painter)
"Incomplete film"
on original inventory (probably means in process of being edited, etc.)
Canister
"1"
(All sound: 5 reels ("1988") plus one image reel)
Canister
"2"
(All sound: 7 reels)
Canister
"2a"
(2 reels, one image, one sound)
Canister
"3"
(2 reels, probably "double band" -- i.e., sound and image? One may be a sound edit (only sound))
Canister (no number)
(8 reels, some sound, some image (separately on each reel))
L'autel de l'amitie
"Security mixage"
(One reel, 600 m., magnetic sound, 16 mm. film)
"Sotelo"
(One reel, 200 m., 16 mm. film)
"Copie 0"
"Copie optical"
but looks like it also has optical sound.
Payadores (documentary)(Spanish)
(
"The hay-makers"
?)
Canister 1
(2 separate reels, 250 m., sound; 250 m. image, 16 mm.)
Canister 2
"material pour montage"
:
(7 small reels, 200 m., image, 16 mm.)
Canister 3
(1 reel, 500 m. magnetic sound, 16 mm.)
Reels of magnetic sound
(8 reels)
"Comidas"
1-4;
"Payadores"
1-5, missing #3, or boxes are mislabeled?
Voyage d'une main (French)
(2 reels, one sound, one image, 250 m. ea., 16 mm. film)
(
"Journey of a hand"
)
Image reel:
"Copie travail plus commentaire"
and
"1986"
Sound reel:
"Copie securite"
Les divisions de la nature (French)
(1 reel, 16 mm, sound and image mixed)
(Alternate title
"Chambord."
) Part of a French series on castles in France, called Un homme, un chateau.
"Copie 0."
Distribution copy: ready for viewing.
El Infierno 2 (Spanish)
(alternate title, Basta la palabra). TV series on Dante.
Canister
"Bob.1"
(2 reels, sound and image separate)
Canister
"Bob. 1"
"copie travail,"
"version synchro,"
(612 m.)
"son direct"
(1 reel (sound only))
"copie travail bob. 1"
(1 reel (image and sound?))
Canister
"Number II"
(2 reels,
"Bob. 2"
on each, probably sound and image separate)
Probably working edit copy (in progress)
Canister
"Bob. 3"
(2 reels, probably sound and image)
Canister
"Bob. 4"
(2 reels, sound and image,
"Bob. 4"
on each)
Working print (in progress)
Canister
"Bob. 5"
(2 reels, sound and image separate)
Also labeled on cover
"Fin- Infierno 2."
Canister (not numbered)
(2 reels,
"Fin/Direct1/Bob.2"
written on each. One image, one sound.)
Sound reels from El Infierno II. unfinished film
"1991"
(26 reels (original list said 25) of sound (magnetic tape))
Sound reels (
"FX"
) from English television version of Infierno (?).
(6 sound reels)
La telenovela errante
(4 canisters: one is labeled #5 -- by mistake?)
(
"The [wandering?] soap opera"
)
Canister 1
(2 reels, 350 m. each, sound and image, 16 mm.)
(NOTE: film very loose, unwinding off of core)
Canister 2
(2 reels, 350 m. each, sound and image, 16 mm.)
Canister 3
(2 reels, 350 m. each, sound and image, 16 mm.)
Canister 4
(2 reels, 350 m. each, sound and image, 16 mm.)
(NOTE: film unwinding off of core; film is getting bent)
Paisajes (Spanish)
(9 canisters, one reel each, 120 m. each, 35 mm.)
(
"Landscapes."
) Negative copy.
"1989"
on some canisters.
Reels
(2 sets of reels)
Canisters labeled
"1-6"
and
"Rollo 1-Rollo 3."
Las Meninas (Spanish)
(120 m. total?, 16 mm. film)
Film about the painter Velasquez.
Canister 1
(one reel, mislabeled
"A propos de Nice"
)
Canister 2
(one reel)
"304"
, negative copy.
Canister 3
(2 reels, sound and image (waiting to be mixed?))
Canister 4
(Contains one reel, image only)
Realismo socialista (documentary, Spanish)
(2500 m. magnetic sound, 16 mm film. 2500 m. magnetic image, 16 mm. film)
"Double band"
(Sound and image on one reel, in two bands.)
Large canisters
(11 canisters, 8 with 2 reels each, but three with 3, 4, and 7 rolls of film, respectively.)
Small canister
(Contains one reel (probably sound))
Small canister
(2 reels)
Magnetic tape reels of sound.
(2 reels)
Le borgne (French)
(
"The one-eyed person"
)
Canister
(2 reels, 300 m. each, image, 16 mm.)
Canisters
(3 canisters contain 4 reels, 300 m. each, magnetic sound, 16 mm.)
Classification des plantes (French)
(3 reels, 60 m. each, 1 image and 2 sound, 16 mm.)
(The classification of plants)
Le meurtre (French)
(2 reels, 30 m. each, 1 image, 1 sound, 16 mm.)
(
"The murder"
? could also be
"The shame,"
"The crime"
)
Use copies
1 Box
Box contains 5 DVD and 3 VHS use copies of films in the collection
Box 1
DVD use copies
(5 DVDs)
Il Viaggio clandestino
Les Divisions de la nature
Paya y talla
Sotelo
L'Autel de l'amitie
VHS use copies
(3 videocassettes)
Sotelo and Paya y talla
Il Viaggio clandestino
Les Divisions de la nature and L'autel de l'amitie
