Death in Arizona

Death in Arizona
Death in Arizona
	Film poster
Directed by	Tin Dirdamal
Written by	Tin Dirdamal
Produced by	Julio Chavezmontes; Tin Dirdamal
Cinematography	Tin Dirdamal
Edited by	Ramón Cervantes
Music by	Jorge Marrón
Production; companies	PIANO, Tranvía
Release dates	31 January 2014 (Mexico City); November 2015;
Running time	73 minutes
Country	Mexico

Death in Arizona is a 2014 autobiographical documentary film by Tin Dirdamal about his return to the empty home of a former lover.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

Tin Dirdamal returns for answers to an old apartment in Bolivia where he used to live with his lost love. While Tin spends his days in there, watching how time passes by outside the windows, he imagines a post apocalyptic story of what he sees happening in the street.^{[citation needed]}

Release

Death in Arizona was part of the official selection at international festivals such as Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon,^[3] Taiwan Documentary Film Festival, Guanajuato International Film Festival and Morelia International Film Festival.

Reception

The film was described^{[by whom?]} as a "futuristic and very personal documentary",^[4] "visionary",^[3] "(a) contemplative film about a filmmaker's lost love"^[5] and a "hypnotic Doc Mix(ing) Sci-Fi with a Story of Heartbreak in the Bolivian Highlands".^[6]

References

^ "Tin Dirdamal on What Inspired Him to Make His Film 'Death in Arizona' - sundance.org". 13 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ Indiewire (28 July 2011). "indieWIRE's Project of the Day: Personal Romantic Doc "Death in Arizona"". IndieWire. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Death in Arizona – Films". Visions du Réel (in French). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ Film-documentaire.fr. "Death in Arizona". www.film-documentaire.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Muerte en Arizona (en) | Cinelatino". cinelatino.fr. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ Vargas, Andrew S. (8 July 2016). "This Hypnotic Doc Mixes Sci-Fi with a Story of Heartbreak in the Bolivian Highlands". Remezcla. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

External links

[1] "Tin Dirdamal on What Inspired Him to Make His Film 'Death in Arizona' - sundance.org". 13 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[2] Indiewire (28 July 2011). "indieWIRE's Project of the Day: Personal Romantic Doc "Death in Arizona"". IndieWire. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[:0-3] "Death in Arizona – Films". Visions du Réel (in French). Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[4] Film-documentaire.fr. "Death in Arizona". www.film-documentaire.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[5] "Muerte en Arizona (en) | Cinelatino". cinelatino.fr. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[6] Vargas, Andrew S. (8 July 2016). "This Hypnotic Doc Mixes Sci-Fi with a Story of Heartbreak in the Bolivian Highlands". Remezcla. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

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