Adolfo Arrieta
Adolfo González Arrieta is a spanish filmmaker, considered as the pioneer of independent film both in Spain and France, due to the artisan quality and the unique spirit of freedom of his films. He usually uses variations of his name in the credits of his films, such as Udolfo Arrieta, Alfo Arrieta or Adolpho Arrieta. His cinematic language is very poetic, apart from narrative conventions, which has made it to be compared with the cinema of Jean Cocteau. Having started as a painter, Arrieta began his filmmaking with the short films El crimen de la pirindola (1965) and Imitación del ángel (1966) both shot in Madrid, a milestone for independent cinema in Spain. He moved to Paris in 1967 with Javier Grandes, an usual actor in most of his films, where he would live through the events of May 1968. In 1969 he met Jean Marais, leading actor in La Belle et la Bête (1945), Orphée (1949) and Le Testament d'Orphée (1959) by Jean Cocteau, of whom he had been a former lover. With Marais Arrieta would shot his first feature film, Le Jouet criminel (1969), that was compared to Cocteau's cinema for his poetic nature. With Le Château de Pointilly (1972), he would receive critical praise from Marguerite Duras. He won the Great Prize at the Toulon Film Festival with Les Intrigues de Sylvia Couski (1974), acclaimed by the critics and considered as the first underground parisian film. He would follow with Tam Tam (1976), the record of an uninterrupted party between New York, Paris and Spain; ...
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
(1986)
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas. (more)
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas. (more)
Le Jouet criminel (1969)
A couple abducts an "angel" for their entertainment, who will escape with the help of an old man. (more)
A couple abducts an "angel" for their entertainment, who will escape with the help of an old man. (more)
Dry Martini (2008)
Tribute to Luis Buñuel's passion for drinking cocktails. (more)
Tribute to Luis Buñuel's passion for drinking cocktails. (more)
Sleeping Beauty (2017)
In the kingdom of Letonia, the young prince Égon spends his nights playing the drums. During the day, he only has one thing on his mind: finding Sleeping Beauty in the kingdom of Kentz and breaking the spell over her. But his father, the king, doesn’t believe in ... (more)
In the kingdom of Letonia, the young prince Égon spends his nights playing the drums. During the day, he only has one thing on his mind: finding Sleeping Beauty in the kingdom of Kentz and breaking the spell over her. But his father, the king, doesn’t believe in ... (more)
Frogs (1983)
On an island in the middle of the ocean, inhabited by men and women-frogs, Nora, a beautiful Russian spy, wants revenge for the betrayal of her lover, the artist Tibor. (more)
On an island in the middle of the ocean, inhabited by men and women-frogs, Nora, a beautiful Russian spy, wants revenge for the betrayal of her lover, the artist Tibor. (more)
Merlín (1991)
Merlin, shot on 35mm, is an adaptation of Cocteau's play "Knights of the Round Table." (more)
Merlin, shot on 35mm, is an adaptation of Cocteau's play "Knights of the Round Table." (more)
Eco y Narciso (2003)
In a garden at the party of the God Bacchus, Narciso's presence is the highlight of the party. Both gods and mortals seek his favors without getting anywhere. (more)
In a garden at the party of the God Bacchus, Narciso's presence is the highlight of the party. Both gods and mortals seek his favors without getting anywhere. (more)
Vacanza permanente (2006)
In his latest video essay Vacanza Permanente, Arrietta discovers and enthusiastically embraces digital editing at home. (more)
In his latest video essay Vacanza Permanente, Arrietta discovers and enthusiastically embraces digital editing at home. (more)
Fragmentos para una historia del otro cine español (2010)
Documentary about the history of experimental cinema in Spain. FRAGMENTS is a historical survey of “the other” Spanish Cinema — films that brazenly explored their artistic, poetic and conceptual potential. Spanish experimental cinema can be glimpsed in a series of ... (more)
Documentary about the history of experimental cinema in Spain. FRAGMENTS is a historical survey of “the other” Spanish Cinema — films that brazenly explored their artistic, poetic and conceptual potential. Spanish experimental cinema can be glimpsed in a series of ... (more)
L'imprésario (2010)
In the fall of 2010, Bozon and co-conspirator Pascale Bodet commandeered the first floor of Paris’s famed Centre Pompidou for 10 days of screenings, lectures and performances that amounted to a counter-canonical history of French cinema. During the ensuing ... (more)
In the fall of 2010, Bozon and co-conspirator Pascale Bodet commandeered the first floor of Paris’s famed Centre Pompidou for 10 days of screenings, lectures and performances that amounted to a counter-canonical history of French cinema. During the ensuing ... (more)
El crimen de la pirindola (1965)
A young boy plays with a top instead of doing his homework and daydreams about his brother and his brother's girlfriend. (more)
A young boy plays with a top instead of doing his homework and daydreams about his brother and his brother's girlfriend. (more)
La imitación del ángel (1966)
Surreal experimental film in which angels take part in a murder. (more)
Surreal experimental film in which angels take part in a murder. (more)
Le Château de Pointilly (1972)
A young woman escapes her father's house and goes to live in the city. There, she realises her father may still be controlling her life through the people she meets. (more)
A young woman escapes her father's house and goes to live in the city. There, she realises her father may still be controlling her life through the people she meets. (more)
The Adventures of Sylvia Couski (1975)
The ex-wife of a famous sculptor convinces her lover to remove one of his sculptures from an exhibition and replace it with a live model. (more)
The ex-wife of a famous sculptor convinces her lover to remove one of his sculptures from an exhibition and replace it with a live model. (more)
Tam Tam (1976)
At a very camp party in Paris, guests are told about a strange tom-tom played by an Andalusian gipsy, himself a character in a book by a young novelist present at the party. A frantic quest begins for a mysterious love-filter. Tam Tam shows desire and repression ... (more)
At a very camp party in Paris, guests are told about a strange tom-tom played by an Andalusian gipsy, himself a character in a book by a young novelist present at the party. A frantic quest begins for a mysterious love-filter. Tam Tam shows desire and repression ... (more)
Flames (1978)
Barbara, a young girl, lives in an old country house with her father and her teacher. One night, she dreams that a fireman enters her room through the window. Having grown, Barbara leaves her father to travel across the world, before coming back to her childhood ... (more)
Barbara, a young girl, lives in an old country house with her father and her teacher. One night, she dreams that a fireman enters her room through the window. Having grown, Barbara leaves her father to travel across the world, before coming back to her childhood ... (more)
Cinématon VI (1979)
Reel 6 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series. (more)
Reel 6 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series. (more)
The Kegelstatt Trio (2022)
Paul and Adèle were once lovers and separated but are still good friends, one year after everything seems to take them away from each other. The key of E-flat may be the key of true friendship, but it is Mozart that pushes them apart... (more)
Paul and Adèle were once lovers and separated but are still good friends, one year after everything seems to take them away from each other. The key of E-flat may be the key of true friendship, but it is Mozart that pushes them apart... (more)