THE BEST OF ME
Dir. Heather Landsman. 2024.
United States. 89 min.
In English.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 – 10 PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 – 7:30 PM (This event is $10.)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 – MIDNIGHT
COMPRISING SOLELY OF CRIME SCENE PHOTOS/REPORTS AND PERSONAL VIDEO DIARY ENTRIES, THIS ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLES THE FINAL DAYS IN THE LIFE OF RICARDO LÓPEZ IN 1996 AS HE MAILS A BOMB TO ICELANDIC SINGER BJÖRK.
In 1993 while living in suburban Atlanta and working as an exterminator, a young and alienated Ricardo López began his all-consuming fixation with the Icelandic experimental pop musician Björk. What would transpire over the next three years would lead to hundreds of diary entries, dozens of hours of home video footage, an assassination plot, and the eventual violent death of Ricardo López by his own hand.
“Oddly enough, people get interested in a person like that. That would be the only reason why anyone would sit through dozens and dozens of hours of unedited home diaries.” – Ricardo López
Join Spectacle and artist/director Heather Landsman on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH at 7:30 PM for a One Night Only viewing of THE BEST OF ME, Landsman’s eye-opening portrait of obsession taken to the edge. Followed by a discussion with the director.
Special thanks to Sylvie Shamlian.