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ruizraul Preliminary Inventory of the Raul Ruiz film and videotape collection, 1960-1996 Processed by: Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, John Mayrose; machine-readable finding aid created by: John Mayrose David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 002342975

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: May 2007Processed by Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, John Mayrose, 1996, May 2007; Finding Aid encoded by John Mayrose, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, May 2007 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Preliminary Inventory of the Raul Ruiz film and videotape collection, 1960-1996 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Ruiz, Raul Raul Ruiz film and videotape collection, 1960-1996 Material in Spanish French English Italian 5.4 Linear Feet 166 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. 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. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection 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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.

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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Raul Ruiz film and videotape collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance

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

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.

Biographical Note

Acclaimed Chilean filmmaker now living in exile in France.

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.

Subject Headings

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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. Contents of Collection Accession 1996 (1996-0126) 158 items

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) <emph render="doublequote">Sotelo</emph> (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.)

(canisters are labeled with number of items in each)

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

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