Después de meses de discusiones, tratativas, planteamientos, finalmente la FCB tomó una desición acerca de Maleficarum. La desición... no exhibirla. Podían habermelo dicho en octubre del año pasado, cuando les propuse, pero no, esperaron hasta febrero del 2012 para animarse a decir lo que sospecho ya tenían decidido.
El 3 de febrero recibí su carta oficial, firmada por Claudio Sánchez, Encargado de Programación y Distribución de la Fundación Cinemateca Boliviana (FCB)
En su carta nos dice lo siguiente:
Señor Roberto López
Pachamama Films.
Presente.
Distinguido Señor, de acuerdo a lo establecido en las normas de la Fundación Cinemateca Boliviana (FCB), toda película boliviana antes de ser exhibida en nuestras pantallas debe ser sometida a la Comisión de Evaluación Cinematográfica, instancia encargada de aceptar o rechazar las producciones que se presentan a la FBC.
En este sentido, la película Maleficarum del director Jac Ávila ha sido puesta a consideración de la citada comisión. De esta manera se le informa.
-Maleficarum contiene un lenguage explícito que no se acomoda a la línea actual de la programación de la FCB.
-Maleficarum tendría que ser exhibida en un horario especial el cual por el momento no podemos sostener en la programación de la FCB.
-Maleficarum no ha sido aceptada por la Comisión de Evaluación Cinematográfica para su exhibición en las pantallas de la FCB.
Es cuanto tengo a bien informar.
Claudio Sanchez
Encargado de Programación, Exhibición y Distribución
Fundación Cinemateca Boliviana.
Esa es la carta completa donde simplemente se censura a Maleficarum.
En el pasado reciente tuve la oportunidad de ver películas en la cinemateca que tenían un fuerte contenido o lenguage explícito. Una de ellas, Short Bus, tuvo una larga carrera en las pantallas de la FCB.
Mas recientemente ví las películas de Bruce Le Bruce, las que contienen un alto nivel de contenido explícito, tanto es así que una de ellas L.A. Zombie fué prohibida en Australia y fué rechazada por el festival de cine de ese país por esa razón. Pero tuve la oportunidad de verla en la Cinemateca.
Dos películas nuestras, Sirwiñakuy, tambien con lenguage explícito, y Martyr, fueron exhibidas en la cinemateca.
Sirwiñakuy se convirtió en la película mas controversial del cine boliviano, hizo que los críticos peguen el grito al cielo, se tiren de los cabellos, se queden sin adjetivos, en fín, pero duró cinco meses en la Cinemateca. Uno de los duros críticos de Sirwiñakuy fué Pedro Susz, fundador de la Cinemateca. ¿Es esa contradicción parte del problema? ¿Que la película más atacada del cine boliviano, Sirwiñakuy, le deba su exito de taquilla a la Cinemateca? ¿No quieren repetir la experiencia de ver una película que será, indudablemente, atacada por los críticos convertirse en un nuevo éxito de taquilla?
Por tanto yo me pregunto ¿porque censuraron a Maleficarum?
¿Es ofensiva a ciertas sensibilidades? Por supuesto que sí. Trata sobre la siniestra Inquisición de Lima, que tenía poder en toda la parte andina, desde el Perú hasta la Argentina. Muestra sin disimulo los metodos crueles de la inquisición.
¿Es esa una razón válida para censurarla?
The Rasberry Reich, de Bruce Le Bruce, tiene un lenguage explícito, donde hombres desnudos se masturban, graficamente, sin disimulos, bajo un gigantesco retrato del Che Guevara, suficiente para que toda la izquierda latinoamericana se sienta ofendida, asqueada, etc, sin embargo se mostró en las pantallas de la Cinemateca.
Entonces, hombres desnudos masturbandose SI.
Mujeres desnudas siendo azotadas sin piedad por los torturadores de la inquisición, NO.
Y si esta desición muestra un cambio en la política de la Cinemateca, entonces ¿que?.
Peliculas extremas como Salo, de Pasolini, o Antichrist de Von Triers, o Romance de Breillet ¿no tendrán pisada en la Cinemateca por su contenido explícito? ¿O es que ésta censura es solo para uso doméstico?
Que se exhiba o no se exhiba Maleficarum en las pantallas de la cinemateca no es un asunto vital para mi trabajo ni afecta mis intereses. De ninguna manera.
Maleficarum tiene un exito comercial internacional que es innegable. La ruta que hemos escogido para su distribución es la correcta. No busco una audienca pues la tengo, ni tampoco busco recobrar la inversión, porque ya lo hice.
Entonce que?
Simplemente quería que se la vea en La Paz.
Pero parece que la película es demasiado fuerte para los miembros de la pomposa Comisión De Evaluación Cinematográfica de la Fundación Cinemateca Boliviana, la que no es sino un burdo comité de censura como los que habían en tiempos pretéritos, pero lo que éstos hacían era simplemente otorgar un limite de edad para su exhibición, de ahí que muchas películas recibían un rating como de Prohibida para menores de 21 años... pero nunca prohibida para todos, a menos que lastimen las sensibilidades de los dictadorsillos de la epoca.
Que papelito que se dieron los de la pomposa comisión. El de censurar al cine boliviano, simple y llanamente.
Que triste camino para una Cinemateca. Y más triste aún que se formen comisiones de censura en una institución que debería estar abierta a todas las propuestas cinematográficas.
Esto dará mucho que hablar. Así que aquí lo dejo por hoy.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Wrapping up Le Marquis.
Miguel focused the lens on a close up of Amy and began to raise the crane, slowly, from a close up of Amy's face to a long shot of her body while she let out a piercing scream. After a few moments Jac said CUT and that was it, the production of a new film, Le Marquis de la Croix was over. It was the only time, during the production, that Jac took the reigns of the scene because the director of the movie, Amy Hesketh, was all tied up and screaming.
The cast and the crew present at that moment let out an applause for a job well done. The shooting of this movie took two weeks to the date, Saturday, April 30th in the year of 2011. Later that evening the cast and crew of the film went to Jac and Amy's house for a wrap up party that lasted until four in the morning. We had beer, rum, whiskey, martinis galore. Fun for all. It was a well deserved party. We also celebrated Amy's birthday.
Le Marquis de la Croix is the third production that we wrapped this year, so far. It's the third feature of the director of Sirwiñakuy, the most controversial, attacked, admired Bolivian film. And if Sirwiñakuy created such a stir, we think that Le Marquis will make some people throw fits and for a lot of reasons.
Le Marquis de la Croix is inspired by the writings of the controversial philosopher, writer known universally as the Marquis de Sade.
The film rests on the shoulders of Mila Joya, who has protagonist roles in Barbazul and Maleficarum, who plays Zinga, a gypsy woman trapped in the underworld of the infamous Marquis and the well known filmmaker and actor Jac Avila, who plays the role of the celebrated Marquis.
A recap is in order.
Last year, while Sirwiñakuy was still playing, we began shooting Maleficarum. An inquisition movie extravaganza, with 30 actors, a big crew, costumes, props and incredible locations. And yet, it was not a huge budget, but it was big for our low budget standards.
We had plan a two week shoot for that movie, but as we began the pre-production it was obvious that it would take longer. After 10 days of shooting Maleficarum Veronica Paintoux, the star of Sirwiñakuy arrived to shoot yet another movie. Barbazul. That too required a good number of actors, far away locations and some large expenses.
Maleficarum was interrupted and off we went to Chivisivi, the location of Barbazul for a two week shoot in complete isolation from the world. We didn't have television, cell phone or internet access. We were in the past.
We finished shooting both films this year, at the beginning of the year. But not happy with those two accomplishments, we decided to add to our work load with yet another movie: Le Marquis De La Croix, which is the film we finished shooting Saturday evening before our wrap up party.
Before we started shooting Le Marquis, we released Martyr for a limited run at the Cinemateca before its worldwide release in DVD. Yes, this film can be considered a direct to DVD movie. Why? Because that's where its audience is. In fact I can actually say that most audiences are in the VOD/DVD market and that's world wide. Le Marquis is also going directly to DVD release.
There's a legitimate, loyal, VOD/DVD market for our films out in the wide world of the web. The web has made the planet smaller and easy to reach.
And if there's a question to why we're making so many movies in such a hurry? The answer is because there's such thing as a supply and demand law. We found a niche, a market and a demand for our movies and we're just doing what any producer in our shoes would do. We're making the movies that we would like to see and that some people with similar taste will be willing to pay to see.
We're preparing three more productions for this year, but of that I'll brag about later on this month.
I'm just happy we finished shooting our third feature film in less than six months.
The cast and the crew present at that moment let out an applause for a job well done. The shooting of this movie took two weeks to the date, Saturday, April 30th in the year of 2011. Later that evening the cast and crew of the film went to Jac and Amy's house for a wrap up party that lasted until four in the morning. We had beer, rum, whiskey, martinis galore. Fun for all. It was a well deserved party. We also celebrated Amy's birthday.
Le Marquis de la Croix is the third production that we wrapped this year, so far. It's the third feature of the director of Sirwiñakuy, the most controversial, attacked, admired Bolivian film. And if Sirwiñakuy created such a stir, we think that Le Marquis will make some people throw fits and for a lot of reasons.
Le Marquis de la Croix is inspired by the writings of the controversial philosopher, writer known universally as the Marquis de Sade.
The film rests on the shoulders of Mila Joya, who has protagonist roles in Barbazul and Maleficarum, who plays Zinga, a gypsy woman trapped in the underworld of the infamous Marquis and the well known filmmaker and actor Jac Avila, who plays the role of the celebrated Marquis.
A recap is in order.
Last year, while Sirwiñakuy was still playing, we began shooting Maleficarum. An inquisition movie extravaganza, with 30 actors, a big crew, costumes, props and incredible locations. And yet, it was not a huge budget, but it was big for our low budget standards.
We had plan a two week shoot for that movie, but as we began the pre-production it was obvious that it would take longer. After 10 days of shooting Maleficarum Veronica Paintoux, the star of Sirwiñakuy arrived to shoot yet another movie. Barbazul. That too required a good number of actors, far away locations and some large expenses.
Maleficarum was interrupted and off we went to Chivisivi, the location of Barbazul for a two week shoot in complete isolation from the world. We didn't have television, cell phone or internet access. We were in the past.
We finished shooting both films this year, at the beginning of the year. But not happy with those two accomplishments, we decided to add to our work load with yet another movie: Le Marquis De La Croix, which is the film we finished shooting Saturday evening before our wrap up party.
Before we started shooting Le Marquis, we released Martyr for a limited run at the Cinemateca before its worldwide release in DVD. Yes, this film can be considered a direct to DVD movie. Why? Because that's where its audience is. In fact I can actually say that most audiences are in the VOD/DVD market and that's world wide. Le Marquis is also going directly to DVD release.
There's a legitimate, loyal, VOD/DVD market for our films out in the wide world of the web. The web has made the planet smaller and easy to reach.
And if there's a question to why we're making so many movies in such a hurry? The answer is because there's such thing as a supply and demand law. We found a niche, a market and a demand for our movies and we're just doing what any producer in our shoes would do. We're making the movies that we would like to see and that some people with similar taste will be willing to pay to see.
We're preparing three more productions for this year, but of that I'll brag about later on this month.
I'm just happy we finished shooting our third feature film in less than six months.
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