Raphael Montañez Ortíz

Raphael Montañez Ortíz

Directing
Born 1934-01-30 Brooklyn, New York, USA 33 credits
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Raphael Montañez Ortíz (b. 1934, New York) is a multidisciplinary artist perhaps best known for his radical performances of the 1960s as part of the Destructivist movement which he helped to articulate. Not many know that he is also a pioneer of found footage cinema who deserves greater recognition within the American filmic avant-garde. Starting in 1957, he produced a number of singular works by subjecting 16mm prints of commercially- or institutionally-produced films to a cut-up method inspired by Yaqui shamanic practices, a kind of ritualistic chance operation intended to break down their structure and thoroughly undermine their discursive power. In the mid-1980s, Montañez Ortiz continued his critical deconstructions of commercial cinema, this time exploring a novel format: the laser disc. Having created a special interactive setup at the computer lab of Rutgers University, the artist transformed micro-moments from classic films into looping, stuttering choreographies that, through obsessive repetition, reveal the tacit gestualities and subconscious inner dynamics of these seemingly innocent Hollywood scenes.
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Filmography
Directing 32 credits
Dance Number
Dance Number
1985 · Director
Busy Bodies
Busy Bodies
1997 · Director
The Conversation
The Conversation
1996 · Director, Editor
The Kiss
The Kiss
1985 · Director, Editor
Couplett
Couplett
1986 · Director, Editor
Golf
Golf
1957 · Director, Editor
Beach Umbrella
Beach Umbrella
1985 · Director
Newsreel
Newsreel
1958 · Director, Editor
Welcome
Welcome
1985 · Director, Editor
Here's Looking At You Kid
Here's Looking At You Kid
1991 · Director
Cowboy and "Indian" Film
Cowboy and "Indian" Film
1958 · Director, Editor
The First Born Female Child
The First Born Female Child
1986 · Director, Editor
Pushann Pushann
Pushann Pushann
1986 · Director
Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama
Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama
2014 · Director
Man Has Man Has Always
Man Has Man Has Always
1987 · Director, Editor
Ring Ring Rag Time
Ring Ring Rag Time
1996 · Director
You Bust Your Bunns
You Bust Your Bunns
1986 · Director, Editor
What Is This
What Is This
1985 · Director, Editor
I Spent My Last Breathe At Thee
I Spent My Last Breathe At Thee
1986 · Director, Editor
Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling
Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling
1958 · Director, Editor
Introspective: Ortiz Art-Work Late 1950s - Late 1980s
Introspective: Ortiz Art-Work Late 1950s - Late 1980s
1996 · Director
Gonna Get Me a Gal
Gonna Get Me a Gal
1991 · Director, Editor
Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse
Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse
1992 · Director, Editor
Stop Stop Stop Stop
Stop Stop Stop Stop
1986 · Director, Editor
Ritual Destruction of "Follow Through"
Ritual Destruction of "Follow Through"
1957 · Director
It's Coming Up
It's Coming Up
1997 · Director
Piano Destruction Concert: Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall
Piano Destruction Concert: Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall
1996 · Director
Dance Number 22
Dance Number 22
1993 · Director, Editor
Good and Evil
Good and Evil
1986 · Director, Editor
That's Too Much
That's Too Much
1996 · Director
If You Don't Want It Anymore
If You Don't Want It Anymore
1988 · Director, Editor
Couch Destruction: Angel Release
Couch Destruction: Angel Release
2017 · Director
Other credits 20 credits
Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
2018
The Conversation
The Conversation
1996 · Director, Editor
The Kiss
The Kiss
1985 · Director, Editor
Couplett
Couplett
1986 · Director, Editor
Golf
Golf
1957 · Director, Editor
Newsreel
Newsreel
1958 · Director, Editor
Welcome
Welcome
1985 · Director, Editor
Cowboy and "Indian" Film
Cowboy and "Indian" Film
1958 · Director, Editor
The First Born Female Child
The First Born Female Child
1986 · Director, Editor
Man Has Man Has Always
Man Has Man Has Always
1987 · Director, Editor
You Bust Your Bunns
You Bust Your Bunns
1986 · Director, Editor
What Is This
What Is This
1985 · Director, Editor
I Spent My Last Breathe At Thee
I Spent My Last Breathe At Thee
1986 · Director, Editor
Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling
Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling
1958 · Director, Editor
Gonna Get Me a Gal
Gonna Get Me a Gal
1991 · Director, Editor
Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse
Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse
1992 · Director, Editor
Stop Stop Stop Stop
Stop Stop Stop Stop
1986 · Director, Editor
Dance Number 22
Dance Number 22
1993 · Director, Editor
Good and Evil
Good and Evil
1986 · Director, Editor
If You Don't Want It Anymore
If You Don't Want It Anymore
1988 · Director, Editor
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