Argentine – Looney Radio

15 Mins

 

MEN ASLEEP IN THE WARDS.                                                       SYNC. SNORING.

 

BRING IN TANGO MUSIC.                                                             V/O

It’s Saturday morning and in the wards of the Borda asylum the day is slowly unfolding.

 

This is a special day at Borda.

 

                                                                                                                On Saturday almost anything can happen

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                ****MAP***

 

ALFREDO IN HOME                                                                          SYNC. SUBTITLES ALFREDO.

BOF SUBTITLES                                                                                  “THIS IS WHAT I DO EVERY SATURDAY… EVERY SATURDAY MORNING I PREPARE THE SHOW”

                                                                                                                V/O

                                                                                                                Alfredo Oliviera is the originator of Radio Colifata

                                                                                                                In English that’s “Loony Radio” and it’s broadcast from within the Borda Hospital.

 

ALFREDO AND MARIA                                                                    SYNC. RADIO MESSAGE?

PACK CAR W. SPEAKERS

ETC.                                                                                                       V/o

BOOT SHUTS ON ARGENTINA PLATES                                      Each week Alfredo and his wife Maria pack up their tapes and equipment and make the long journey across the city to produce the show.

 

                                                                                                                SYNC. MUSIC AND DRIVE.

 

MEDICATION SCENE                                                                       V/O

C/UPS PILLS AND GUYS TAKING THEM.                                   There’s not much to look forward to in the daily routine at Borda and many of these dead men have been locked away from the world for decades.

 

                                                                                                                SYNC. TRAFFIC NOISE.

BACK TO ALFREDO                                                                           SUBTITLE GRAB TAPE 12. 16. 28

IN TRAFFIC

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “WHEN I FIRST CAME THERE I FOUND THERE WAS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS

                                                                                                                **CUT TO**

                                                                                                                BUT ALSO A STATE OF NEGLECT. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT MOVED ME.

                                                                                                                (**FIND OUTPOINT**)

                                                                                                               

SONG

V/O

MARIANO THE SAD GUITARIST                                                   Inside the Borda, Alfredo found men like Mariano who suffered a nervous breakdown when he first lost his job as a builder and then saw his marriage collapse…

                                                                                                                SONG/SUBTITLED.

HE PLAYS.                                                                                            Sometimes when I dream I buy little bricks

                                                                                                                Just a few I can’t afford more

                                                                                                                I dream of the house and the little land

                                                                                                                Where our love will be warm

                                                                                                                **CUT TO**

                                                                                                                A room where the piano lives

                                                                                                                A roof that lets me watch the stars

                                                                                                                A garden where the moon and sea shine

                                                                                                                Before we rest

                                                                                                               

Sometimes when I dream, I buy little bricks

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       Just a few I can’t afford more

                                                                                                                But all the little pieces add

                                                                                                                And I will take you there my love, you’ll see

 

Sometimes when I dream I buy little bricks and those dreams won’t stop.

 

ALF ARRIVES                                                                                      SYNC. CLUNK OF GATES

AT CAR GATES

 

                                                                                                                V/O

LAST TAKE.                                                                                          Alfredo arrives at the asylum – a few hours before broadcast time.

HE’S STOPPED.                                                                                 

                                                                                                                SYNC. EDUARDO STOPS CAR.

 

                                                                                                                And from that moment he barely has time to take a breath.

25.47 TAPE 6. TWO GUYS                                                             SYNC: SINGING.

PRACTISE SONG.

                                                                                                                SYNC. WEIRD KID. 28.30

SCENE OF INSPIRED                                                                         “RADIO COLIFATA… RADIO COLIFATA”

CHAOS. TAPE 6. 19.00 ON.

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES. ALFREDO.

 

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “GUYS… MAKE SOME ROOM FOR ME.”

 

                                                                                                                SYNC/21.05

 

22.17 TAPE 6. CLOCK GOES UP.                                                  V/O

Radio Colifata is broadcast under some shade trees in the grounds of the asylum

 

WOMEN WORKING ON WHITEBOARD                                     SYNC/SUBTITLES: MARIA. 29.24

PROGRAM SCHEDULE.

 

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “SEE THAT BOARD. SEE WHAT’S WRITTEN THERE. THAT TELLS YOU THE ORDER EVERYONE COMES ON AIR.” 29.50

 

                                                                                                                V/O

                                                                                                                While Alfredo’s helpers try to turn chaos into order… hopefully patients line up to get on air.

 

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES. FREDDY. 9/10 (TAPE 15)

 

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “WHAT DO I THINK OF SOCIETY?”

 

                                                                                                                ** CUT TO 9.30 (DIFFERENT ANGLE)**

 

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       IF THEY KEEP PUTTING DOWN CONCRETE THE COWS WON’T HAVE SHIT TO EAT.

                                                                                                                9.35

 

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES ALFREDO. TAPE 6. 31.45

 

                                                                                                                “LET’S SEE IF WE’RE ON AIR. HELLO. HELLO. HELLO. HELLO.”

 

TAPE 6.31.30 ALFREDO                                                                  V/O

GUY HOLDS UP HIS SHIRT                                                              Alfredo was experiencing technical difficulties…

 

                                                                                                                **CUT TO**

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES TAPE 6 32.12

 

“IS ANYTHING COMING OUT. NOTHING AT ALL. OI… OI… OI OI 31.12

 

SYNC. 33.42. MAN LAUGHS STRANGELY

 

FIXING THE TRANSMITTER                                                            SYNC/SUBTITLE. ALFREDO. 33.18

TAPE 6. 32.29

 

HOLDS UP FUSE TO THE LIGHT.                                                  While Alfredo tried to fix the transmitter.

33.20                                                                                                     Maria had other problems to deal with…

 

PAN FROM FAT GUY

TO THEM FIXING.                                                                             SYNC/SUBTITLE BALD GUY. TAPE 7

                                                                                                                34.37

 

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “I CAME TO CLEAN THE BORDA FROM THE ELECTRIC SHOCKS ON THE THIRD FLOOR TO THE LAST MALE NURSE WHO BEATS PEOPLE.

                                                                                                                AND I’M GOING TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF ALL THOSE ASSASSINS. I’M GOING TO KICK THEM OUT OF HERE

                                                                                                                34.52.

                                                                                                                THE HOSPITAL HAS TO BE A PARADISE FROM TODAY. FROM NOW. 34.57

                                                                                                                AND IM NOT ALONE.

GIRL SAYS                                                                                           “WE MUST BE PATIENT”

 

                                                                                                                ALFREDO INTERVIEW TAPE 12. 28.29

                                                                                                                SYNC. SUBTITLE

 

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       IF A PERSON APPROACHES US OUT OF HIS MIND WE DON’T CONSIDER THAT HE’S AT FAULT. WE WAIT FOR HIM TO IMPROVE SO WE ONLY WORK WITH THOSE WHO ARE WELL.

                                                                                                                **CUT TO 33.04**

                                                                                                                WHAT THE PERSON BRINGS TO THE GROUP IS VALUABLE. WE TRY TO USE WHATEVER THE PERSON BRINGS.

                                                                                                                33.10

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLE BLACK T-SHIRT TAPE 7 27.36

 

                                                                                                                V/O

                                                                                                                Finally “Loony Radio” was back on-air with a statement of it’s unique philosophy

 

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLE. (DIGICAM TAPE 16)

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “BORDA IS A HOSPITAL WE KNOW THAT BUT IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT RADIO COLIFATA OPENS THE DOORS TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT MADNESS. WHETHER THEY’RE MAD OR NOT.”

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES FREDDY (DIGICAM) TAPE

                                                                                                                15. 7.54.

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “WHAT IS MADNESS (POINTS TO HEAD)

                                                                                                                **CUT TO ANSWER**

8.06

                                                                                                                “TO ME IT’S A SYMBOL OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT INVOKE MENTAL DISORDER IN BEING 8.16 pause

 

TAPE 6. 19.15                                                                                     THAT’S CLEAR AND CONCISE I THINK”

MUSIC SCENE AT                                                                              8.20

RADIO AND DANCING BOY                                                           SYNC. MUSIC 19.15

 

                                                                                                                V/O

                                                                                                                One of the strangest things about Radio Colifata is the way it has been embraced by what one might refer to as the sane community.

SHOTS OF ALFREDO.

IN THE MIX.

                                                                                                                But that was what Alfredo envisaged from the beginning…

 

                                                                                                                OVERLAY ALFREDO I/V

                                                                                                                TAPE 12 20.06

                                                                                                                SUBTITLEs.

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “THERE’S A NEED TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO QUESTION OR STOP ALL THE RESISTANCE, FEAR AND PREJUDICE SURROUNDING THE MAD PERSON.

 

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES TAPE 12. 22.00

                                                                                                               

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF PSYCHOSIS OR MADNESS IS THAT THE PERSON LOSES THEIR POWER TO USE LANGUAGE AS A TOOL.

 

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLE HOSPITAL DIRECTOR 15.35

                                                                                                                TAPE 8.

 

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                      

SUPER: Dr. Aldo Imbriano

Director, La Borda Hospital                                                          “IF A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT IS ABLE TO BROADCAST AND GET PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE TO HEAR THAT THE PATIENT SPEAKS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IT WILL OBVIOUSLY HELP TO LOWER THE PREJUDICE AND MAKE IT EASIER TO BRING THESE PEOPLE BACK INTO SOCIETY. 15.59

 

BACK TO BROADCAST.

TAPE 7. 10.20                                                                                     V/O

                                                                                                                Often, during the broadcasts, stories of abuse or neglect emerge spontaneously…

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                SYNC GUY WITH MICROPHONE

                                                                                                                TAPE 7 SYNC/SUBTITLES

                                                                                                                10.23

 

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “IS IT GOOD TO HAVE AN AIDS PATIENT TIED TO HIS BED BECAUSE THEY CLAIM HE’S DANGEROUS. 10.22

                                                                                                                IS IT GOOD FOR SOMEONE TO BE BEATEN

BALD GUY SINGS, SEE TAPE 7 AT 10.42                                    BY POLICE WHEN HE ESCAPES… AS HAPPENED TO ME YESTERDAY?

 

AND TAPE 15 (DIGICAM)

AT 24.09                                                                                               …

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLE. BALD GUY. 24.07

 

“NOW CHANGE MY NAPPY BECAUSE I’M GOING TO SHIT MYSELF…”

 

V/O

Anyone it seems can get a touch of stage fright…

 

SYNC. HE SINGS. TAPE 7 11.05

 

“OLD NEIGHBOURHOOD – YOU HAVE THE RESTLESS SOUL OF A SAD SPARROW.

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       11.15

“SUFFERERS – THIS IS A TOUGH NEIGHBOURHOOD AND THIS IS THE MELODY OF THE POOR”

 

OTHERS SING ALONG WITH HIM                                                V/O

While the weekly broadcast of Radio Colifata reaches only a few neighbourhoods in the vicinity of the Borda,

POSSIBLY VIS HERE OF RADIO/TV NETWORK                        sections of the program are rebroadcast to an audience of millions on some of the country’s most popular radio networks

                                                                                                                SYNC. RADIO PERSONALITY.

 

                                                                                                                THE MEMBERS OF COLIFATE GIVE THEIR OPINIONS REGARDING POLITICS, SOCIAL AFFAIRS WHATEVER AND IT’S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE SOMEHOW HOW DEEP AND ACCURATE SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS ARE.

 

                                                                                                                Q. HOW DIFFERENT ARE THEIR THOUGHTS TO THE THOUGHTS OF THE SO-CALLED SANE PEOPLE?

 

                                                                                                                WELL THE INTERESTING THING IS THEY DON’T HAVE ANY KIND OF RESTRAINT. THEY SAY WHAT THEY THINK AND SOMETIMES IT IS SO AUTHENTIC AND SO INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU SAY – HEY. THAT’S WHAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THAT AND THEY DON’T DARE TO DO IT.

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES. FREDDY TAPE 15

                                                                                                                (DIGICAM) 8.39

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       WHAT DO I THINK OF THE WORLD?

 

                                                                                                                **CUT TO PAPERS AND PAN UP**

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       THERE ARE VERY FEW WHO KNOW HOW TO SURVIVE. 9.01

 

TAPE 15 DIGICAM. 18.24                                                               SYNC. SUBTITLE JOSE MARIA 18.24

C/UP LIPS

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “HE MADE A TRUMPET OUT OF BROKEN GLASS AND WHEN  IT MADE NO SOUND HE STABBED HIMSELF WITH IT. 18.29 EVEN AFTER HE HAD TAKEN HIS PILLS THE BLOOD STILL FLOWED FREELY (18.33)

                                                                                                                THE GLASS CUT INTO HIS WRISTS (18.36)

                                                                                                               

CUT TO WIDE OF JOSE MARIA.                                                   V/O

ON TAPE 15 20.13 OR THEREABOUTS                                      Everyone on Radio Colifata seems to have found a role for themselves.

 

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES. JOSE MARIA TAPE 15 20.13

 

BOF TRANSLATIONS                                                                       “THE VALIUM WASN’T STRONG ENOUGH FOR HIM (20.17)

                                                                                                                OH – BUT THE AGGRESSIVE MORPHINE ENDED THE LAST EFFORTS OF A DELIRIOUS FIGHTER” 20.29

 

CASTRO:                                                                                              IT HELPS THE COMMUNITY A LOT BECAUSE IN GENERAL THE COMMUNITY HAS A PREJUDICE AGAINST MADNESS

IT IS ASSUMED THAT A PERSON WHO SUFFERS FROM MADNESS CAN’T BE CURED.

AND ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS RE-INTEGRATING PATIENTS INTO SOCIETY BECAUSE OF THIS PREJUDICE.

 

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES. ALFREDO TAPE 13 1.19

BOF SUBTITLES                                                                                  “I FELT A STRONG NEED OF CREATING A TOOL THAT WOULD TAKE THEM OUT OF THEIR ISOLATION – OF THE PAIN OF BEING TRAPPED IN A LANGUAGE LABYRINTH THAT DID NOT CONNECT TO ANYONE.

 

                                                                                                                TAPE 7 ALFREDO ON AIR. 29.09

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES

 

BOF SUBTITLES                                                                                 “YOU KNOW RADIO COLIFATA IS BEING REBROADCAST IN MANY STATIONS IN ARGENTINA AND URAGUYA AS WELL. (29.14) THIS WEEK WE RECEIVED SOME SEGMENTS FROM URUGUAY. (29.20)

                                                                                                                I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY TALK ABOUT YOU.

 

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLES.

 

BOF SUBTITLES                                                                                  HELLO.

                                                                                                                HELLO.

                                                                                                                AND WHAT’S YOUR NAME?

                                                                                                                MARIA CARMEN FERNANDEZ.

USE CLOSE UPS                                                                                 **CUT TO**

FACES ETC.                                                                                          I WANT TO TALK ABOUT RADIO COLIFATA – I LOVED 10 YEARS IN BUENOS AIRES…

**SEE ESP. TAPE 15 APPROX 26.41                                            *CUTS TO*

AND TAPE 16 38.04 (AND BIG C/UP STAINED FINGERS)    IT’S A FABULOUS THING THEY’RE DOING – JUST AMAZING WHAT THEY’RE DOING.

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                SYNC. INTERNET BOY. TAPE 7. 29.54

 

BOF SUBTITLES                                                                                  “WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS WE’RE VERY HAPPY TO BE LISTENED TO IN OUR BROTHER COUNTRY URUGUAY. 30.04

AND I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN URUGUAY.” 30.08

 

TAPE 15                                                                                                V/O

32.51                                                                                                     As in all radio stations subplots were developing

SCENE WITH BALD GUY AND GIRL                                             behind the scenes…                                                                                                                       

TIES BAND ON HER WRIST

BOF SUBTITLES                                                                                  “THIS IS A CHASTITY BELT. WHEN YOU SEE THE FULL MOON… WAIT FOR ME…”

 

SHE LAUGHTS.                                                                                  

                                                                                                                33.23

HE DOES HIS LTITLE RITUAL                                                          “CLOSE YOUR EYES.2

 

                                                                                                                “RELAX.”

KISSES HER.                                                                                         “RELAX. RELAX.2

 

                                                                                                                V/O

                                                                                                                At Radio Colifata the interaction between the sane world and the mad one is sometimes a very personal one.

GOES BEHIND HER

HAND ABOVE HER HEAD                                                               34.08

                                                                                                                “YOU’RE FREE NOW”

 

 

 

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLE ALFREDO. TAPE 13 7.41

BOF SUBTITLES                                                                                 DOING RADIO COLIFATA BRINGS ME GREAT JOY FOR LIFE. I THINK I’VE FOUND MY PLACE IN THE WORLD

                                                                                                                7.54

 

                                                                                                                V/O

ALFREDO AT WORK                                                                         No-one really understands the extent to which Alfredo Oliviera’s idea is working as therapy

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                V/O

                                                                                                                There’s no magical cure here for madness.

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                SYNC/SUBTITLE TAPE 15. BALDY

 

                                                                                                                34.24

BOF SUBTITLES                                                                                  “CHRIST IS… I AM. I AM THE SON OF I AM.

                                                                                                                I AM THE I AM.

 

                                                                                                                SYNC MUSIC.

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                V/O

                                                                                                                But all of the participants – from those on the road to recovery to those with wild delusions get their time on air and are treated with dignity and care…

 

SCENE WHERE BALDY STEALS CAR.                                           Even when they get the idea in their heads that it might be

TAPE 15.                                                                                               fun to steal the boss’s car…

28.19

                                                                                                                BRRM. BRRM. DRIVES OFF.

**RETURN TO TANGO MUSIC**

                                                                                                                GEOR.