Death in Arizona

Death in Arizona is a 2014 autobiographical documentary film by Tin Dirdamal about his return to the empty home of a former lover.^[1][2]

Death in Arizona
Film poster
Directed by	Tin Dirdamal
Written by	Tin Dirdamal
Produced by	Julio Chavezmontes Tin Dirdamal
Cinematography	Tin Dirdamal
Edited by	Ramón Cervantes
Music by	Jorge Marrón
Production companies	PIANO, Tranvía
Release dates	31 January 2014 (2014-01-31) (Mexico City) November 2015 (2015-11)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	Mexico

Synopsis

Tin Dirdamal returns for answers to an old apartment in Bolivia where he used to live with his lost love. While Tin spends his days in there, watching how time passes by outside the windows, he imagines a post apocalyptic story of what he sees happening in the street.^{[citation needed]}

Release

Death in Arizona was part of the official selection at international festivals such as Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon,^[3] Taiwan Documentary Film Festival, Guanajuato International Film Festival and Morelia International Film Festival.

Reception

The film was described by Paolo Moretti, former artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight, as a "futuristic and very personal documentary",^[4] "visionary",^[3] "(a) contemplative film about a filmmaker's lost love"^[5] and a "hypnotic Doc Mix(ing) Sci-Fi with a Story of Heartbreak in the Bolivian Highlands".^[6]