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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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