Raphael Montañez Ortíz

Raphael Montañez Ortíz

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.

  • Title: Raphael Montañez Ortíz
  • Popularity: 0.001
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1934-01-30
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Homepage: https://lightcone.org/en/filmmaker-682-raphael-montanez-ortiz
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Raphael Montañez Ortíz Movies

  • 2018
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    Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

    Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

    8 2018 HD

    An associative view of the days, nights and characters that enclosed the life of Arthur Janov, which defines in the conclusion "It's never too late...

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  • 2014
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    Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama

    Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama

    5 2014 HD

    The concept of ritual-theater has been important since the early sixties in its production. It consists of the staging of violence through real acts...

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  • 2017
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    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    1 2017 HD

    Raphael Montañez Ortiz tells a story about an elderly Jewish couple that didn't watch television or listen to the radio. Instead they used to...

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  • 1958
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    Cowboy and "Indian" Film

    Cowboy and "Indian" Film

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1957
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    Golf

    Golf

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1958
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    Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling

    Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling

    Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Newsreel

    Newsreel

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1985
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    What Is This

    What Is This

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    What Is This

    What Is This

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1958
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    Cowboy and "Indian" Film

    Cowboy and "Indian" Film

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1958
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    Newsreel

    Newsreel

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1957
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    Golf

    Golf

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1986
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    You Bust Your Bunns

    You Bust Your Bunns

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1991
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    Gonna Get Me a Gal

    Gonna Get Me a Gal

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1986
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    You Bust Your Bunns

    You Bust Your Bunns

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1993
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    Dance Number 22

    Dance Number 22

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1993
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    Dance Number 22

    Dance Number 22

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1996
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    The Conversation

    The Conversation

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1996
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    The Conversation

    The Conversation

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1991
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    Gonna Get Me a Gal

    Gonna Get Me a Gal

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1985
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    Beach Umbrella

    Beach Umbrella

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1992
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    Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse

    Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse

    Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1991
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    Here's Looking At You Kid

    Here's Looking At You Kid

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1996
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    Introspective: Ortiz Art-Work Late 1950s - Late 1980s

    Introspective: Ortiz Art-Work Late 1950s - Late 1980s

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1957
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    Ritual Destruction of "Follow Through"

    Ritual Destruction of "Follow Through"

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1996
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    Piano Destruction Concert: Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall

    Piano Destruction Concert: Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1996
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    Ring Ring Rag Time

    Ring Ring Rag Time

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1985
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    Dance Number

    Dance Number

    1 1985 HD

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  • 2017
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    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2014
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    Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama

    Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama

    5 2014 HD

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  • 1986
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    Pushann Pushann

    Pushann Pushann

    1 1986 HD

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