The video diary of Ricardo Lopez (2000)

Original title

The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez

Directed by

Sami Saif

Genre

documentary, history

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary is built around video recordings made by Ricardo Lopez, a man who became dangerously obsessed with the singer Björk. It follows the final days of his life as he spirals deeper into his fixation.

disturbingintimateunsettlingbleakobsessiveslow-burneerieclaustrophobic

What happens

Sami Martin Saif (born 1972) is a Danish award-winning documentary filmmaker. Saif graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1997 having made the short The UFO War. He then started work on Danish broadcaster DR mainly in the TV Children and Youth Department. In 2000, Saif directed The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez, based on the final days of Ricardo Lopez who was obsessed with Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk. He followed it up with the documentary Family co-directed with Phie Ambo, that won Saif and Ambo multiple awards. The film follows Saif's search for his missing father, aided by his then-girlfriend, Phie Ambo. Other films winning or being nominated for awards were Dogville Confessions (2003) and Tommy (2010) about singer, composer and musician Tommy Seebach. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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