The Last Time I Saw Ron by Leslie Thornton (1994).
The “Ron” of The Last Time I Saw Ron is late actor Ron Vawter who passed away in 1994. Vawter was appearing in the play Philoktetes Variations at the Kaaitheater in Brussels at the time; and all images in Thornton’s film were created for the play.
An essay written by Chris Holmund that is published in the book Feminism and Documentary focuses on Thornton’s avant-garde biographical documentaries and says that the “superimpositions, focus shifts, sound overlays, and silences” of The Last Time I Saw Ron “hint at the different dimensions that exist in, around, and even after life.”
The film opens with three title cards that read:
This footage was originally shot for the play Philoktetes Variations, directed by Jan Ritsema, and produced by by the Kaaitheater in Brussels. Ron Vawter played the lead role.
Philoktetes is a figure from Greek mythology,...
The “Ron” of The Last Time I Saw Ron is late actor Ron Vawter who passed away in 1994. Vawter was appearing in the play Philoktetes Variations at the Kaaitheater in Brussels at the time; and all images in Thornton’s film were created for the play.
An essay written by Chris Holmund that is published in the book Feminism and Documentary focuses on Thornton’s avant-garde biographical documentaries and says that the “superimpositions, focus shifts, sound overlays, and silences” of The Last Time I Saw Ron “hint at the different dimensions that exist in, around, and even after life.”
The film opens with three title cards that read:
This footage was originally shot for the play Philoktetes Variations, directed by Jan Ritsema, and produced by by the Kaaitheater in Brussels. Ron Vawter played the lead role.
Philoktetes is a figure from Greek mythology,...
- 3/10/2018
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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