Another rich stream of ``illusionary real'' movies are those of Raul Ruiz,
especially in his '80s period, when he was just about the one filmmaker on
earth truly sustaining the Surrealist tradition in its authentic form. This
extended into the '90s, climaxing perhaps (because you can never tell where
Ruiz is headed next) with the extraordinary and entirely overlooked ``L'Oeil
Qui Ment.'' Ruiz never travels in the sci-fi worlds of many of those
aforementioned films, such as ``The Matrix.'' Instead, he finds his illusory
reality within the world as it is, doing it literally with smoke and
mirrors. He is the true son of Bunuel and Cocteau.
Robert Koehler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric willstaedt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Illusionary real movies
> In a message dated 10/22/2001 9:57:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << I too noticed the maybe-bizarre, maybe-not trend of "illusionary real"
> movies, with _The Matrix_, _eXistenZ_, Amenabar's _Abre Los Ojos_, and
_The
> Thirteenth Floor_ all hitting US screens within months of each other. It
is
> interesting that these movies basically explore the same idea: "What if
what
> is real, wasn't?" but do not explore it in the same fashion. >>
>
>
> of course dont forget about _Dreamscape_ from the mid-80's which probably
> started all this illusiionary stuff in the first place. Now the real
> question is: did I REALLY send this message at all and to whom and from
> where?
>
> AIEEEK!
>
> from this side of the illusionary curtain (dont look behind the &&^&8
curtain)
>
> Eric
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