The Golden Boat(Movie, 1990)

The Golden Boat is a 1990 American low-budget film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. Shot in New York City, The Golden Boat is Ruiz's first film produced in the United States and has been categorized as an absurdist black comedy. The setting of New York City is not only important to the plot of the film but also its production, for the film was "made in cooperation with the New York performance art group, The Kitchen.” Ruiz channels the performances of the individuals in the art group in order to complete a "transposition of both US and Mexican soap operas” on screen. The film's low budget was put together through a collaboration of small production companies; Duende Pictures, Nomad Films (Luxembourg), A.A.L.B. Partners, with the film's ludic nature being born out of, or produced through, the "collaboration with the postmodern performance group ‘The Kitchen.’” One thing that is abundantly clear about the film is its lack of obviousness or clarity, which makes it all the more interesting that this film marked one of the first times that Ruiz shot from a script. But even with a script Ruiz’s The Golden Boat is elusive and ever-changing narrative, a film in flux. "In the Un... ()