10 · 11 · 05 Ricardo Nicolayevsky, Rebel Filmmaker Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Por Clara Sánchez “The people that come out in my film portraits are usually my friends, or acquaintances of mine, people with whom I can establish a certain degree of intimacy. They’re part documentary, part experimental film. It’s a spiritual exercise: the result is a portrait, accompanied by my music.” Nicolayevsky advertises himself as a rebel filmmaker; his doctrine is based on three concrete points: “to prove that a film doesn’t necessarily have to tell a story, that it can be made without any money, and third, there are no rules.” His experiments are made with a digital camera and a Super Eight, and his technique plays with double, triple, and quadruple exposures; as well as taking advantage of fortuitous mistakes. Nicolayevsky has shown his work all over the world at more that 50 festivals and film clubs, and is a Rockefeller Fellow. “The portrait pays tribute to people, it’s a game of complicity that has to do with spirituality, and it’s a sublime way of making love. I disagree with the notion that the camera distances the subject; for me, the camera unites us.”
