Offscreen Notes
Franco-Chilean Director Raoul Ruiz Dies at 70 (1941-2011)
On the same day as Jimmy Sangster, Raoul Ruiz has died at the age of 70. Ruiz, a staunch leftist, left Chile in 1973 after the military coup for France and never looked back, taking advantage of the respect in France for art and experimental cinema to forge one of the most idiosyncratic careers in cinema. Ruiz worked in all film formats and mediums (16mm, 35mm, video) and was an eccentric visual stylist and narrative innovator.
