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The Last Minute Man

Documentary Films - Competition 2005 / El ultimo minutero / Spain 2004

A 20-minute documentary about the now unfamiliar profession of street photographers, celebrated for producing photographs within one minute and without the use of negatives. Unique shots capture the guru of one-minute photographs, José Rivero (1906-1994), at work in the streets of his native Las Palmas.

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Synopsis

A 20-minute story about what is today a practically unknown profession. José Rivero (1906-1994) was a local legend on the Canary Islands. He was a street photographer whose speciality was to develop a photograph within one minute without using a negative,  thereby influencing several generations of his followers who, like Rivero, joined the endless throngs of individuals endeavouring during the course of the history of man and his perception to halt the inexorable flow of time, at least for a moment.



About the film

20 min / Color, 35 mm
International premiere

Director Elio Quiroga / Screenplay Elio Quiroga / Dir. of Photography Elio Quiroga / Music Richard Stein, Victor Doreste / Editor Javier Ponce / Producer Elio Quiroga / Production Eqlipse Producciones Cinematograficas sl / Contact Eqlipse Producciones Cinematograficas

About the director

Elio Quiroga

Elio Quiroga (1965, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria) studied information science and shared in the development of Jaleo software, one of the most important programs in digital post-production. Via his own production company Frame+Frame Films he has made commercials, music videos and short features. Apart from five years’ experience in acting, he has also given a series of seminars on film direction and screenwriting. He made his first feature film Fotos in 1996 which brought him an award for Best Screenplay at the Sitges festival in Spain.

Contacts

Eqlipse Producciones Cinematograficas
Luchana, 33-7-1, 28010, Madrid
Spain
Phone: +34 609 535 442
Fax: +34 91 522 2622
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Elio Quiroga
Film Director

Octavio Fernandez-Roces
Producer

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