El acercamiento a Erzebeth Bathory (short) (2010)
Release Year: 2010
Nation: Argentina
Alternative Title: N/A
Director: Luis Migliavacca
Writer: Luis Migliavacca
Production & Genre
Story
The short film "El acercamiento a Erzebeth Bathory" functions as an experimental audiovisual essay that deconstructs the process of building a myth rather than presenting a traditional linear narrative. Utilizing a collage of grainy textures, archival-style footage, and heavily stylized imagery, the film creates a dreamlike, gothic atmosphere that mimics the fragmented nature of historical memory. It focuses on the physical and symbolic preparation of a character—showing the "behind-the-scenes" elements of costume and staging—to highlight how a historical figure like Elizabeth Bathory is less a fixed reality and more a deliberate "invention" of cinema and media. By blending these staged sequences with abstract visual layers, Migliavacca challenges the viewer to distinguish between the genuine person and the constructed icon, ultimately transforming the film into a meta-commentary on the power of the camera to fabricate identity and sustain personal and historical fictions.
Summary
A study on the construction of an image, a fiction, an invention. Produced as part of the Audiovisual Communication degree programme at the National University of La Plata.
