
The great personalities of the world as a server, seem to work in their midst like a magnet, attracting to it a variety of personality characteristics that reflect glimpses of genius the summons. Perhaps that is why I met Ruben Ruffo, a young and fearless director of Villa Crespo. Ruffo
summed up his life and work behind a basic premise: Revolution. Then I realized that Ruben was not more revolutionary filmmaker and his revolution was born of transgression. Into the institutionalized, to be expected. He wanted to surprise you. "I never meant to explore why films" he said during shooting their 3rd musical move, with 94 second film of his vast performing career. (Yes it is, with its limited 19 years and had a filmography that had nothing to envy of any quantitatively to the classic director.) For the transgression Ruffo was necessary, and the only way to progress. In his films never seen public areas of world cinema as we know it. In his films, almost never understand anything. I explained
it all started in the filming of his first work: "Jacks." "Jacks" was an elaborate psychological film that developed the story of a bisexual foursome of friends: John, Jim, Jaime and Joaquina. Each of them kept in secret relationships with 2 of the others as they carried a formal relationship with the third. When John, the protagonist discovers the truth about love quadrangle sick, prey to anguish and revulsion that can not hold, goes to the polo club to reveal the truth to others. In the filming of this scene in an outdoor setting, through an oversight of the lady of 5 º A building that was the substance of film set, a pot of 30 kg free fall from her balcony accidentally landed in the skull of Francisco Villalba, the interpreter of John, ending his life and with his promising acting career. The incident was captured on camera.
Villalba But the head was not the only one opened to the accident. Ruffo lit-command to print the scene and decided that the film would end with the tragic death of John, a tragic and unexpected. Like life itself.
Ruffo's work never returned to the traditional courses, by contrast, was always growing in transgression. Unprecedented levels, quirky script, bands sound incongruous. In the festival presents films of 3 minutes and 4 hours short films which gender gender walked in 10 minutes, coral movies without actors, large movie productions disaster without exterior shots. Even once presented a documentary consisting of a 2-hour interview a person who had no part in the event analyzed, in fact, did not even know what had happened ...
I think it is little we can learn from the genius of Ruffo. It is true that living in the most sow misery and was never recognized, in fact, the work has not even accepted in festivals. But we should not underestimate its clear message. The revolution is at hand. It is as impossible as it would have us believe.
The problem is doing it with grace.