Mbucuruyá,cuadrosdelanaturaleza

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  • Filmedin1991,Mburucuyá(whichissubtitl… Filmedin1991,Mburucuyá(whichissubtitleTablesofnature)isacompositionofimagesthatisbuiltonananalogywiththenaturalhistorybooks.AnarmedcatalogonwhatthefilmchroniclesthearrivalintheSouthAmericancontinentoftwofamousnaturalistAlexandervonHumboldtandAiméBonpland(playedbytwonon-professionalactors,ArielKupferandPatrickLiotta,respectively),andtheencounterwiththeindigenousculture,Withaprivilegedinterlocutor:theindigenous(roleplayedbyactorJorgeDiez,whohadpreviouslyworkedonHabeasCorpus).Achaconfessedthatthisplaywastryingtoobserve"EuropeanculturefromtheperspectiveofanAmerican."ThefilmcombinessnippetsofdailytravelVonHumboldtin1799bytheOrinocobasin,withphrasesdrawnfromhiscorrespondence;ofthatcomestogetheraninterestingstory.Thespectacleofanaturefullofsounds,colors,smellsandvirginunknowntoEuropeanscientists,theconstantlydazzles.VonHumboldtsaidinapassage:"Itfulfillsthedreamofmyyouth:IseethecrossoftheSouth." Attheend,youhearhisvoiceagain,saying:"Wehavedissectedmorethansixhundredthousandsixhundredplantsandharvestedspecies,"thetaskofthenaturalisthadtocometoanend.ThemanyjourneysoftheGermanscientistinfluencethenextgenerationofscientists.Mburucuyáinvitesarivertripthatisinsidethejungle,sustainedinabizarreencounterbetweenindigenousandscientificprose,fullofmythology.DeployingthepowerofknowledgeEuropeanAchatriedtouncoverthestructureofthecolonialist. JorgeAcha(1946-1996)-OnOctober121996,andtouredtheconstructionsitewherehethoughthisfuturehomeinMiramar,hishometown,diedonArgentinefilmmakerandpainterJorgeAcha.Hewasbornin1946andstudiedpaintingattheSchoolofFineArtsPrilidianoPueyrredón.Definedhimselfasa"paintertraveler"(romanticasthoseofthenineteenthcentury),anditsmainthemewasthesea.Hedescribedhispaintingsinsamples,suchastheBiennialofHumorandSatireinGavobro(Bulgaria)andtoInternationalFairforGraphicArtsinBilbao(Spain),andincountlessnationalevents. Buthewasasafilmmakerwhodirectedtwofeaturefilmsmanagedtostandout:HabeasCorpusandStandard,andleftanincompleteentitledMburucuyá.Theinterestincompletingthislastfilmledagroupoffilmbuffs,ledbyArgentineRicardoParodi,directoroftheCenterforTheoryoftheImage-toorganizeatributetothedirector.ItbeganyesterdaywiththeprojectionofHabeasCorpusandwillcontinuewiththeMay17Standard,inNationalMuseumofFineArtsat17.