La pregunta sobre el barroco en el cine de Raúl Ruiz

Authors

  • Valeria de los Ríos Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Abstract

In 1987, Christine Buci-Glucksmann published “The Baroque Eye of the Camera”, an essay that strongly marked the readings of the cinema of Raúl Ruiz. The present article aims to analyze the idea of Baroque that underlies this text by Buci-Glucksmann, and at the same time, locate this concept critically in relation to Ruiz’s work. The central hypothesis is that the Baroque is a category intimately related to history, that produces a break in history understood as a timeline, and that transforms time into space. In Ruiz’s case the historical moment that marks his production in a conceptual and stylistic way, is the military coup and the subsequent experience in exile. This is reflected both, in his films and his poetic.

Keywords:

Raúl Ruiz, Baroque, Cinema, Christinne Buci-Glucksmann