Alvaro Mutis...The Lookout reflects on the life of Colombian novelist/poet Alvaro Mutis. He is well known as a friend of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Alvaro Mutis is recognized for his prize-winning work in poetry and writing. The documentary film reflects on the adventurous life of Mutis.
Alvaro Mutis…The Lookout shows how Mutis is an unintentional explorer of the jungles and his soul. Throughout the film, his hopeless activities, near-death encounters, unlawful doings, and friendships are also visible. These facts make him a Don Quixote in the literary world. Maqroll is the type to be driven from one place to the other by the different quests for the absolute.
Alvaro Mutis…The Lookout makes Maqroll one of the past twenty-five years' most memorable and alluring characters in fiction. The forty-four minutes film introduces Mutis using his own words. It also uses his novels, poems, and life reflections to describe him.
Mutis also focuses on drawing his own life traveling to create the character and also change the ego of Maqroll the Lookout. This is referred to as a philosophizing and modern seafaring adventure. In the film, Mutis refers to Maqroll as a living being. Some common phrases he uses are: "He often accompanies me." The film shows how Maqroll doesn't surprise Mutis but instead torments him.
His main focus throughout the film is on how Mutis focuses on loading the character with experiences and actions. Mutis also ensures to talk of places Maqroll knows nothing about. The film's character Maqroll is also referred to as a no-nonsense dreamer. He is always messing up and it is interesting to see the things he engages in during their journeys.
From Muti's stories, we explore different areas of the abandoned gold mine. In this mine, Maqroll almost loses his life. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the main narrator in the film and he does a great job of looping us in and bringing us along with the adventures.
Does this film have Public Performance Rights available?
This film has a public performance right available. In fact, any time an educational institution wants to screen a film, they need to obtain legal rights. This prevents copyright infringement.
What type of college/university professors would find this title valuable?
Poetry and novelist professors are most likely to make use of this title. Alvaro Mutis…The Lookout entails the poetic and novelist side of Alvaro Mutis. Professors would use this title to educate their students on how to acquire good stories that aren't real.