Raúl Ruiz Keith Griffiths Screen Pioneers No. 3 Raul Ruiz, The Return of a Library Lover 1985

This is the second section of the documentary VISIONS: EXTRAVAGANT IMAGES produced and broadcast by Channel 4 in 1985 which includes the following two short films: Screen Pioneer s No. 3 is dedicated to the filmmaker Raul Ruiz and includes a rare documentary on him, written by film scholar Ian Christie. This brillant and eccentric short directed by Keith Griffiths, outlines Ruiz s work, biography and preoccupations and includes a rare interview with the director. The documentary leads into the Ruiz s short film The Return of a Library Lover, Lettre d un cinéaste ou le retour d un amateur de bibliotèques made in 1983 on the occasion of his first return to Chile since his exile in 1973.