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Ron Rice, 1960, 70 Min ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::1a PART::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: La enfermera seguía gritando y tirando de la cámara Dijous 10 de febrer, 20:30 h y pidiendo ayuda. Unos guardianes llegaron corriendo. The Flower Thief, Ron Rice, 1960, 70 min. 16mm. Muy bien, dije yo, caminaré con ustedes hasta la B/N. Sonora. Actor: Taylor Mead. salida. Pero en el corredor, mientras íbamos caminando, al final del corredor, había tres mujeres :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::2a PART:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: sentadas, con aspecto triste y las cabezas inclinadas, Xcèntric tan bellas y tristes que tuve que sacarles una Senseless, Ron Rice, 1962, 28 min. 16 mm. B/N. fotografía, y apreté el disparador. <<¡Deténgalo! CINEMA INVISIBLE Sonora. Música: Bartok, música mexicana i india. ¡Deténgalo! ¡Está fotografiando!>>, gritó el doctor. Muntatge: Howard Everngam. <<¡No puede hacer eso, no puede hacer eso!>>. RON RICE Guanyadora del Charles Theater Film-Makers Entonces trataron de quitarme la cámara. Yo me Festival, juliol 1962. aferré y dije: <<No, no pueden hacer eso. Esto es de mi propiedad>>. Cuando vi que otros dos Chumlum, Ron Rice, 1964, 26 min. 16 mm. Color. guardianes se unían contra mí, puse la cámara sobre Sonora. Música: Angus McLise. Tècnic de so: Tony la mesa y dije: <<Muy bien, aquí está>>. Saqué el Conrad. Ajudant especial: Stanley Alboum. Actors: film de la cámara, lo envolví y lo sellé dentro de su Jack Smith, Beverly Grant, Mario Montez, Joel lata, y le dije al guardian: <<El que lleve este film al Markman, Frances Francine, Guy Henson, Barry <<Village Voice>> tendrá cien dólares de Titus, Zelda Nelson, Gerard Malanga. recompensa>>. Entonces, antes de que tuviera tiempo de darme cuenta, veo que el médico empieza a llenar tarjetas, y en un santiamén me encontré 30 de enero 1964 dentro, junto con las demás bellas y tristes criaturas, en este lugar terrible. Empezaron a darme píldoras CÓMO RON RICE FUE ENCERRADO EN UN y cosas, a pesar de mis protestas y en contra de mi MANICOMIO voluntad. Aquí pueden realmente asesinarte sin que nadie lo sepa; todavía estoy mareado, no me siento Per a més informació: www.cccb.org/xcentric El viernes recibí una llamada telefónica de Howard bien. No hubo un momento de paz en las veinticuatro Everngam, un amigo de Ron Rice. <<¿Puedes hacer horas que pasé allí. Aun cuando traté de dormir o una cosa?>>, dijo. <<Han llevado a Ron Rice a de leer el artículo de Mailer en el <<Esquire>>, no Bellevue>>. Entonces llamé al hospital. Me llevó pude. La gente se me acercaba, me pedía cerillas mucho tiempo conseguir el número, pero por fin lo y cosas. A algunos se los dejaba atados en sacos logré. <<No, nadie puede hablar hoy con Rice. Y no de fuerza, gritando en los corredores. El lugar está habrá nadie aquí hasta el lunes. Venga el lunes>>, tan atestado y es tan ruidoso como la estación de me dijeron. un metro. No esperé hasta el lunes. Fui al día siguiente. Sin duda, pronto se dieron cuenta de que alguien Lo que ocurrió fue que Rice había ido a Bellevue a había cometido un error conmigo y trataron de librarse visitar a una de las actrices de Normal Love, que de mí, y de prisa, porque les dije que si me tenían había sido enviada a Bellevue por razones sin allí por más tiempo iba a traer centenares de personas VEUS REALS importancia, razones por las cuales todos deberíamos con cámaras de cine y entonces serían realmente The Flower Thief ir al hospital, más o menos. Ron me contó expuestos en todas las pantallas del mundo, con Quatre obres són les que formen tota la (aproximadamente). toda la fealdad y la deshumanización que hay en filmografia de Ron Rice, a més de material Entré llevando mi cámara conmigo. Estaba hablando ese lugar. sense muntar que va rodar a Acapulco con ella y el sol entraba a raudales por la ventana, Rice me contó todo esto al dejar el hospital el sábado (Mèxic), ciutat on va morir de pulmonia y todo era bello y triste. Entonces le dije: <<Quédate por la noche. Bellevue se quedó con el film. En la als 29 anys. junto a la ventana. Quiero sacarte algunas caja fuerte, dijeron. El doctor le dio a Rice el habitual fotografías>>. <<Muy bien>> dijo ella. Y empezamos sermón de despedida: <<Si lo dejamos ir, no se crea Cada film és un nou punt de partida, a fotografiar. De pronto oí unos gritos: <<¡Está que usted está mejor o más normal de lo que cadascun respira la poesia, la imaginació sacando fotos, está sacando fotos!>> Creí que serían está...>>. Ron le prometió una función especial de i el sentit d'allò inesperat que el van otros pacientes, pero no. Era la enfermera, gritando sus films para los médicos de Bellevue. <<Ya es caracteritzar com un dels artistes més como loca. Se apoderó de la cámara y trató de hora de que lo hagan>>, le dijo, cuando el médico originals de la seva generació. quitármela de las manos. Yo seguía sacando fotos. se preguntó por qué tenían que ver sus films. Yo DOCUMENTS ANIMATS III: ANIMATS DOCUMENTS PROPERA SESSIÓ: 13_02_05 PROPERA PROGRAMADOR: Antoni Pinent PROGRAMADOR: filmaba todo esto con una cámara escondida de 8 mm., y años ninguna fundación se ha interesado en ayudar a uno Hace sólo unas pocas semanas, en esta misma columna, si ha salido algo, lo verán en el Gramercy Arts, en un noticiario de nuestros verdaderos grandes artistas. ¿Por qué suceden culpé a la ciudad de New York por el hambre y la miseria de titulado Ron Rice en Bellevue. (Una muestra de Ron Rice cosas como éstas? Ron. Fue la ciudad de New York la que lo empujó esta va a ser exhibida dentro de poco tiempo en el Gramercy Esto ha sido parte de mi desagradable trabajo en el pasado primavera a Méjico, hambriento y desesperado: la policía, Arts.) Nos fuimos de Bellevue. Fuera brillaba el sol. Dentro -y creo que lo sigue siendo- repetir constantemente: ¡Ayudad el acoso a los artistas. <<No puedo trabajar aquí -dijo-. Tengo quedaban la tristeza, la suciedad, la fealdad, la increíble a vuestros artistas; Las revistas están llenas de artículos que irme.>> tristeza de gente maltratada, abusada, despreciada como sobre el cine <<underground>>. Desde las revistas baratas Ahora, Ron ha perdonado a todos y no culpa ya a nadie. solamente los seres humanos pueden ser despreciados. para adolescentes hasta las pomposas y brillantes revistas ¿Dónde está? Puede reírse de New York con su habitual nacionales sensacionalizan, distorsionan y explotan a los sonrisa. Pero yo sigo manteniendo que New York es artistas para su propio beneficio. Nuestras revistas nacionales responsable de esta muerte inútil de uno de nuestros mejores 12 de noviembre 1964 siguen hablando del nudismo como niños que se miran el artistas. <<No debemos nuca circunscribirnos a estas trasero, y se pierden las iglesias, las catedrales y las sinfonías: estúpidas limitaciones que amenazan terminar con el arte SOBRE LA POLICÍA Y EL HAMBRE DE UN se pierden las obras mismas. Dog Star Man, Chumlum, -la censura es una cosa estrecha-, la lucha del hombre por REALIZADOR DE <<UNDERGROUND>> Normal Love, The Illiac Passion, éstos son los grandes su auto-expresión es una cosa eterna, nacida en el cielo, maestros de los futuros museos metropolitanos. Estas son libre>>, escribió desde Acapulco. Para guardar en los archivos: una exhibición de la películas las obras maestras de hoy. Por lo tanto, dejad de hablar La pequeña obra que ha dejado Ron tendrá que ser de Andy Warhol, Kiss, fue prohibida en la Universidad de estúpidamente sobre traseros desnudos. Y si sois ciegos a comparada ahora a la obra que dejó Jean Vigo en el momento Manitoba (Winnipeg) por la Junta de Censores la belleza, si sois totalmente ciegos, sed al menos humildes. de su repentina muerte. The Flower Thief, Senseless, Cinematográficos de Manitoba. La copia fue confiscada antes Aun en vuestra ceguera podéis ayudar a los artistas: dadles Chumlum, The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man y el de su exhibición y devuelta a Nueva York. el dinero para hacer sus películas. Si no tenéis dinero, trabajo sin terminar que deja en Méjico constituyen la totalidad Hay una historia sobre el inventor inglés del cine, Friese- ¡enviadles comida! Sed así de simples. No habléis más de de la obra de Ron. Cada uno de los films es un nuevo punto Greene. Al contemplar su invención por primera vez, solo, la avant garde. de partida, ninguno es como otro; cada uno respira la poesía, en una noche de invierno, se quedó tan asombrado que salió Esta es la verdadera historia del artista de avant garde; no la imaginación y el sentido de lo inesperado que lo señalaron corriendo a la calle, se encontró con el primer hombre que la que se lee en las revistas nacionales, sino la de la simple como uno de nuestros artistas más originales, pero será una pasaba, lo tomó del brazo y lo arrastró dentro de su casa, supervivencia cotidiana: no morirse de hambre. ¿Y qué, obra que ahora permanecerá incompleta, como una pasión donde, juntos, miraron la imagen en movimiento. Esa fue la entonces, de comprarse otro rollo de película? Vosotros, el truncada, como una realización interrumpida. primera audiencia que tuvieron las películas. Ahora bien, público, los lectores, compradle otro rollo de film, si tanto os No es éste el momento para una evaluación detallada del siendo los hechos históricos como son, el hombre que Friese- gusta su obra como decís. trabajo de Ron, ni tampoco es el momento de culpar a nadie. Greene encontró en la calle y a quien convirtió en el primer He aquí dos fragmentos de los anales de la verdadera historia Todo es aún demasiado increíble.
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