Arturo Ripstein

Also Known As: Arturo Ripstein Rosen , 아르투로 립스테인, 아르투로 립스타인

Biography: 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."

Department: Directing

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Birthday: December 13, 1943

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Arturo Ripstein habla de Luis Buñuel
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Speaking of Buñuel
The Specter's Road
The Flight of the Stork
Los novios de mis hijas
Jugaremos en el bosque
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
The African Lover
Trail of Death
The Queen of Spain
Internet Junkie
Familiarities
Recuerdo De Mi Presentación
Adriana del Rio, actriz
There Are No Thieves in This Village
Cuartelazo
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo