Andres Caicedo: Unos pocos buenos amigos / Andres Caicedo: A Few Good Friends (1986) DVD5
on February 24th, 2016 at 01:30
Using as a narrative overview axis the reconstruction of the unfinished film "Angelita and Miguel Angel" (1971) by Andres Caicedo and Carlos Mayolo, friends of the writer and film critic reflects on his life, his work and his suicide.
DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:21:16 | 4.36 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Espanol
Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary
Director: Luis Ospina
Country: Colombia
Extras:
An interview with Andres Caicedo, 1977, 3 min
The only existing filmed interview with Andres Caicedo, made just a week before his suicide.
Angelita y Miguel Angel, 1971, 25 min, 1991 version
Unfinished film made in 1971 by Andres Caicedo and Carlos Mayolo, and rescued in 1991 by Luis Ospina, who followed the instructions given by Mayolo and the actors. Love between Angelita and Miguel Angel is not really special or different from other love stories. It's an almost childlike love, where the sex plays are just in their beginnings. Their relationship is threatened when they meet a person from the slums.
Angelitos empantanados o Historias para jovencitos / Swamped Angels or Stories for youngers, 1976, 25 min, 1991 version
The only video made by Andres Caicedo, with the help of Eduardo "The Rat" Carvajal, and shot with a Sony Portapak Camera in 1976. Four precocious youngs talk in a room about violence and drugs.