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Harto The Borges
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Wikipedia article
'Harto The Borges' is a documentary film by Eduardo Montes-Bradley.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304143/ 'Harto The Borges'] at the Internet Movie Database. 'Harto The Borges'El amante de cine. Ao IX. Issue 102. September 2000. Crticas. Buenos Aires Argentina explores the narcissistic side of Jorge Luis Borges, the author of El Aleph, his frequent and often criticized comments to the press, his distinctive and gentle ironies. 'Harto The Borges' had a theatrical release in Buenos Aires in September 2000, and was well received by the critics.Diario Clarin, Cine: Crtica. Buenos Aires Thursday, September 14th, 2000. "De Ideas y paradojas" by AMV. Since then has been frequently exhibited at forums, campuses, and film festivals. On October 4, 2011, 'Harto The Borges' was presented at the University of Salamanca,Ciclo de cine. Marzo, 2000. Ctedra Domingo F. Sarmiento. Martes 14 de marzo de 2000. Saln de actos del Instituto. and made available to the general audience in Argentina through the On Line version of Revista Cultura , (Diario Clarin) in Buenos Aires. The film was released alongside an article in which the director views the film ten years after its premier at the Cine Cosmos."Harto The Borges: diez aos despus" Diario Clarin, Revista de Cultura . Section Escenarios, Cine. On Line. October 4th, 2011 The film is currently available in Vimeo.[https://vimeo.com/172828765 Vimeo Screening] 'Harto The Borges' was presented at the Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Havana, Cuba, 2000 and nominated for Premio Cndor de Plata.
Synopsis
Borges emerges as a counterpoint to the interviewees, some of which evoke scandal and most of which cut through stereotypes and presuppositions surrounding this key figure.[http://www.allmovie.com/work/harto-the-borges-485539/ 'All Movie'] by Nathan Southern The title of the film is a direct reference to the poem "Borges and I", slightly modified to pay a tribute to the writer's billings.Racz, Gregory Joseph "Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) as Writer and Social Critic" p.131 Edwin Mellen Press, University of Texas, 2003Block de Behar, Lisa. Author's Introduction. P. x . State University of New York, Albany, 2014 The strategy employed by Montes-Bradley when it comes to Borges, a writer of whom almost everything has been said, consists on giving the word to the writer himself and to a select group of intellectuals who dwell on the margins of the Argentine cultural aparatik. Montes-Bradley, however, does not exhibit Borges like a painting to be admired but rather as a counterpoint to the observations of others. We are neither the hapless witnesses of another saccharine celebration of Jorge Luis Borges, nor are we forced to endure another fashionable defrocking of an idol. The Borges that emerges from the interaction of the testimonies in this documentary surges from the heat of the debate, from the strong opinions, some certainly scandalous, most politically incorrect. On the tenth anniversary of its theatrical release, Montes-Bradley writes an opinion column on 'Diario Clarn' with considerations about the film in retrospective.Montes-Bradley, Eduardo. "Harto the Borges: diez aos despus". October 10, 2011. [https://www.clarin.com/rn/escenarios/cine/Harto_de_Borges-_documental_0_Hy8pB2hw7e.html]
Review & Quotes
"El documental de Eduardo Montes Bradley Harto de Borges, con variados testimonios y material de
archivo, aporta una mirada crtica sobre la veneracin al escritor. Sin embargo, en su afn desmitificador agiganta su fantasma."Cuaderno 27 | Centro de Estudios en Diseo y Comunicacin (2008). pp 25-42 ISSN 1668-5229
"Harto the Borges grabs and holds the audience from the beginning with a strong documentary style. Montes-Bradley owns a nervous and inquisitive camera with multiple suggestive angles to explore the other side of Borges"
| La Nacin, [https://www.lanacion.com.ar/32904-un-intento-de-desmitificar-al-maestro], Buenos Aires, September 19, 2000.
"In Harto the Borges Montes-Bradley crafts a documentary as intelligent and provocative as the subject it portraits"| Clarn, "De ideas y paradojas".[https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/ideas-paradojas_0_SJOokqlCKl.html], Buenos Aires, October 14, 2000.
Billing Block
'Harto The Borges' was made possible with a grant from the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts. Produced by Irua Films[http://www.worldcat.org/title/harto-the-borges/oclc/229359170 OCLC WorldCat. Number 229359170. Harto the Borges] (Argentina). Producer: Soledad Liendo. Associate Producer Sara Kaplan. Direct Sound: Jadur Mantecn. Soundmix: Mario Fachinsky and Gaspar Schever. Animation scenes designed by Vicky Biagiola and Liliana Romero. Lab: DuArt (New York), Continental Film (Miami), and Videocolor (Buenos Aires). Offline BIN CINE. Color by Gustavo Gorzanczany. Masterization: Accord Productions, Miami. Final credits thank the University of Virginia, University of Notre Dame, University of Texas at Austin, Instituto Espaol de Cooperacin, Universidad de Salamanca, Gianni Mina, and others. Directed and edited by Eduardo Montes-Bradley.
Interviews & Locations
A number of interviews were filmed in Super 16mm, and digital DV using cameras Aaton, and Sony VX1000. Interviews were conducted by Montes-Bradley on location in Buenos Aires with Jorge Luis Borges, Ariel Dorfman, Horacio Gonzalez, Christian Ferrer, Martn Caparrs, and Alejandro Horowicz; Berlin: Osvaldo Bayer; Turin: Franco Lucentini and Paolo Collo; Montevideo: Luis Seplveda. Other locations: Geneva, Paris.
Awards and honors
* Official Selection. 12e Rencontres Cinmas d'Amerique Latine. Toulouse, Mars 2000.Official Program of the 12th Film Festival of Latin American Cinema in Toulouse. Museo del Cine, biblioteca. Buenos Aires.
References
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