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Arturo Ripstein

Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director. Ripstein got his break into movies working as an uncredited assistant director for Luis Buñuel. In 1965, he directed his first feature, Tiempo de Morir. Written by Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García Márquez, it began a tradition of making independent films written by high-profile Latin-American authors. His 1981 film Seduction was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1989 film Love Lies was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1997 Ripstein won the National Prize of Arts and Sciences, the second filmmaker after Buñuel to do so. Some of Ripstein's films, especially the earlier ones, "highlighted characters beset by futile compulsions to escape [their]destinies". Many of his films are shot in tawdry interiors, with bleak brown color schemes, and seedy pathetic characters who manage to achieve a hint of pathos and dignity. Asi Es la Vida, according to Jonathan Crow, "boldly reworks the ancient Greek drama Medea, employing a dizzying array of flashbacks and Brechtian devices". Deep Crimson, according to the New York Times, is "a ferociously anti-romantic portrait of an obese nurse and a seedy small-time gigolo whose bungling scheme to swindle a succession of lonely women out of their life savings turns into a killing spree."


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Born:
Dec 13, 1943 In Mexico City - Mexico
Movie/TV Credits:
13
First Appeared:
In the movie Los novios de mis hijas 1964-09-17
Latest Project:
Movie Recuerdo De Mi Presentación 2020-01-13
Known For
Poster of The Specter's Road
Poster of Los novios de mis hijas
Filmography
Movie Recuerdo De Mi Presentación V.O. Sacerdote 2020-01-13
Movie The Queen of Spain Sam Spiegelman 2016-11-25
Movie Internet Junkie Roberto 2015-09-01
Movie Speaking of Buñuel Self 2000-06-09
Movie Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Self 1999-01-01
Movie Trail of Death 1981-11-29
Movie The Flight of the Stork 1979-09-12
Movie Adriana del Rio, actriz Self 1979-10-04
Movie Cuartelazo Embajador 1977-05-04
Movie Familiarities 1969-01-01
Movie The Specter's Road Matilde's Son 1967-12-28
Movie There Are No Thieves in This Village 1965-09-09
Movie Los novios de mis hijas 1964-09-17