Análisis de sangre azul (2016) - full transcript
'In 2014, a skeleton was found on the Valdellomar ski slopes, in the Pyrenees. Through its DNA, we discovered that it was that of an English aristocrat and we solved a scientific mystery that had shrouded a whole region in 1930.'
Blue Blood Test
Mental and Hygiene Clinic
"Casa Tardán"
Valdellomar Valley
Huesca Pyrenees, Spain
A medical film made by
Dr. Pedro Martínez
On January 2, 1933
we found a dying man
in the frozen caves of
Marboné (Monte Perdido).
The survivor was taken to the
Mental Clinic CASA TARDÁN,
where I looked after him.
With my limited English knowledge
I tried to communicate with him,
but the man did not know where he was,
which country he was from,
he did not even remember his name.
It was obvious that
he was a foreigner.
Probably the first foreigner
to set foot on this valley.
Male, 1.95m tall,
1.85m long.
Body Perimeters
Chest: 85cm
Abdomen: 86cm
Hips: 90cm
Left forearm: 22cm
Left hand: 17.5cm
Left calf: 33cm
Dimensions
Cranium
Horizontal perimeter: 58cm
Sagittal perimeter: 20cm
Frontal diameter: 15.6cm
Face
Face width: 13.7cm - 11.2cm
Face length: 18.6cm
Face color: pink
Hair color: blonde
Iris color: blue
Judging his body measures, our subject
is prone to dreaming and disorders.
His physical traits are delicate,
so I rule out a criminal behavior.
While dressing, the patient seems
to ignore the right side of his body.
I ask him to make some drawings
so I can evaluate his symptoms.
One side of his body is affected,
to the point that he cannot "see"
the right side of things.
A strange symptom
associated with memory loss
that usually fades out over time.
The patient 000715, "The Englishman"
stays admitted at the
Mental Clinic Casa Tardán
indefinitely or until I manage to
awaken his memory and find out
more about his identity.
Who is The Englishman?
Hoping to find out more about
The Englishman, we return
to the place he was found:
the dreaded and hostile Monte Perdido.
The shape (on the left in the picture)
could be some object
that belongs to The Englishman.
"A backpack!"
I show the backpack to the Englishman
to check if he can recognize
his own personal belongings.
Spikes
Rope
Ice Axe
The Englishman is able to name
every object found in the backpack,
he can describe their use, but is not
able to recognize them as his own.
Car Gable
The Englishman recognizes the American
actor Car Gable in one of his magazines,
and almost all the faces and places
that appear in the paper.
He seems to know everything about
the world, but who he is.
April, 1933. Spring is
a good season for mental health.
Madness calms down with the
vivid colors of the sanitarium garden.
Boxwood
The Englishman is sensitive to
the beauty of the countryside,
curious to knowledge and, despite
the obvious difference in class,
he is kind with the other patients.
Especially with women.
The Englishman looks totally
indifferent to his illness.
A very common psychiatric symptom
called "La Belle Indifference".
Shape Interpretation Test
The "Shape Interpretation Test" or
"Rorschach Psychodiagnostics Test"
is a modern method
to evaluate personalities
from a psychoanalytic point of view.
With the interpretation of 10 inkblots
we observe the psychic functioning
of a person who finds similarities
with clouds, flames, or
"wonderful places, with mountains,
with steep peaks"
*Quote by Hermann Rorschach himself
"What do you see here?"
"The Announcing Angel"
"Tibet"
"Maasai, Maasai women"
"King Kong!"
"A butterfly, a Tineola butterfly"
(Hesitates)... "A Stradivarius"
An announcing angel, two Tibetan monks,
two Maasai women,
the scientific name of a moth,
a Hollywood movie, a skyscraper,
a coral forest, fireworks...
The Englishman's answer represent
a world of travels and leisure
not only unique for this valley,
but for anyone not belonging
to the social elite.
Who is The Englishman?
An anthropologist? An explorer?
A hermit? A deserted soldier?
A mere mountain climber?
The Englishman asks me for the
Spanish name of a plant
that he calls "Ramonda Myconi"
and that I don't know at all.
He plays the piano with a "swing"
style, as he calls it.
He also uses this "swing" word when
he shows me his polo technique.
The more I study the patient,
the more convinced I am
that he belongs to the
so-called "leisure class".
Either he suffers from delusions
of grandeur or perhaps we have living
at the sanitarium...
a true English aristocrat.
Clinical portraits on idiocy
Filming on May 24, 1933
Heart, eye and ear diseases have been
transmitted genetically.
Also hereditary are premature deaths,
early dementia
and all sorts of degenerative diseases
such as idiocy, present
in 1 out of 8 people.
Family consanguinity, often among
cousins, has brought about
the genetic collapse of this people,
extending the idiocy gene
like bad weed all over the valley.
Many idiots go through catatonia
episodes where they become wax statues.
The following sequence registers
the arm fall after 1, 5 and 30 minutes.
In other cases, idiots
repeat the gestures
of the people they interact with,
a symptom called "echomimia".
Pyknic type
Leptosomic type
Physical constitution and character
"Physique and Character" is a brilliant
study by German psychiatrist
Ernst Kretschmer, basis of all the
theories by the Salamanca School,
of which I am a member since 1929.
This study affirms that:
"Every individual's physique determines
their temper and possible mental
diseases, allowing us to
divide the population in
two major groups".
Leptosomic type
Tall and thin subjects
Narrow chest
Slender members
Long face
Notable osseous protuberances
The leptosomic type has a refined
character, very neat and demanding,
especially with morals.
Decent, deep and hypersensitive,
his higher soul feeds
from the beauty of subtlety.
Pyknic type
Subject of low stature
Short and wide neck
Bulky head
Adipose tissue
Abundant in the belly
Weak musculature
The pyknic type has a quarrelsome
excitable and uninhibited character.
Talkative and boastful,
his anxious spirit does not deal
with intellect, but with
his lowest instincts.
To this study I add a new hypothesis:
What if we modify the physique
in order to stop idiocy?
The Englishman's physique is
an inspiration to stop inbreeding
in the valley and improve the lineage,
as we do with plants and animals.
However, the same isolation that
caused this genetic decline
has created an extraordinary
richness in another species.
I leave here a wonderful catalog
of some arthropods found
in the traditional trip to
the Canau Falls.
The melted water from the Canau falls
is considered miraculous by mountaineers
who used to go there to protect
themselves from demonic possession.
Popular belief aside, it is
scientifically proven that frozen water
smarten idiots up, or autistic people,
as they are called in America now.
In the last months, The Englishman
shows a special predilection
for Catalina Ferrer, the youngest
patient in the sanitarium.
If this relationship germinates,
a happy and spontaneous eugenics
will have occurred, i.e., a scientific
improvement of lineage.
A new genetic string may form,
and I can affirm that it will be
the first Anglo-Pyrenean cross
in this valley's history.
Mental and Hygiene Clinic
"Casa Tardán"
Films 1938-1942
April, 1938. Civil War is coming to
the most hidden Pyrenean valleys.
The 43rd Division of the Popular Army
has destroyed all bridges
that could help the enemy
move forward.
The men of the Valdellomar Valley
decided to leave to fight.
Many of them cross these mountains
for the first time, leaving behind
their home, lands and wives.
Without any man around to forbid it,
the townswomen have allowed me
to film them while they launder
the sanitarium's clothing.
Also at the clinic, sick men have
gone to the front or are hiding
in the mountains, leaving only women,
The Englishman and myself.
Five years have passed since
The Englishman was admitted
at Casa Tardán and he still remembers
nothing from his previous life.
Instead, he developed a new
identity as "Lord and Master"
of the valley, calling himself
Sir Valdemar Torn.
The Englishman (or Valdemar Torn) has
adopted this valley as his true
birthplace and has at the clinic
what for him is his only family.
When I watch The Englishman's sons
I see the innate qualities
of his father and his evolutionary
advantage with respect to the valley.
Sensible pairing has been an
essential duty in this valley.
Not only a medical duty,
but a moral one.
Ana Bescós (30 years old)
Serena Latre (22 years old)
A new generation of healthy children
grows in the clinic gardens,
free from the illness of inbreeding.
In 1942 The Englishman and I
did our first trip
outside the Valdellomar Valley.
I intended to film the last wild
Pyrenean ibex living
on the north face of
Mount Jacalito.
Like so many times before,
I filmed parts of this trip,
not knowing that these would be
the last images of The Englishman.
And just like that, in a curve
leaving the Lenza forest,
I lost sight of The Englishman,
and I never saw him again.
We searched the area for many weeks,
but found no trace of The Englishman,
as if he vanished or reincarnated
into a wild Pyrenean ibex.
To my teacher, Gregorio Marañón, and
to the anatomist and great friend
Juan de Dios Escolar, whose ideas
inspired this film and the genetic
recovery of the
Valldelomar Valley.
Mental and Hygiene Clinic
"Casa Tardán"
Valdellomar Valley
Huesca Pyrenees, Spain
A medical film made by
Dr. Pedro Martínez
On January 2, 1933
we found a dying man
in the frozen caves of
Marboné (Monte Perdido).
The survivor was taken to the
Mental Clinic CASA TARDÁN,
where I looked after him.
With my limited English knowledge
I tried to communicate with him,
but the man did not know where he was,
which country he was from,
he did not even remember his name.
It was obvious that
he was a foreigner.
Probably the first foreigner
to set foot on this valley.
Male, 1.95m tall,
1.85m long.
Body Perimeters
Chest: 85cm
Abdomen: 86cm
Hips: 90cm
Left forearm: 22cm
Left hand: 17.5cm
Left calf: 33cm
Dimensions
Cranium
Horizontal perimeter: 58cm
Sagittal perimeter: 20cm
Frontal diameter: 15.6cm
Face
Face width: 13.7cm - 11.2cm
Face length: 18.6cm
Face color: pink
Hair color: blonde
Iris color: blue
Judging his body measures, our subject
is prone to dreaming and disorders.
His physical traits are delicate,
so I rule out a criminal behavior.
While dressing, the patient seems
to ignore the right side of his body.
I ask him to make some drawings
so I can evaluate his symptoms.
One side of his body is affected,
to the point that he cannot "see"
the right side of things.
A strange symptom
associated with memory loss
that usually fades out over time.
The patient 000715, "The Englishman"
stays admitted at the
Mental Clinic Casa Tardán
indefinitely or until I manage to
awaken his memory and find out
more about his identity.
Who is The Englishman?
Hoping to find out more about
The Englishman, we return
to the place he was found:
the dreaded and hostile Monte Perdido.
The shape (on the left in the picture)
could be some object
that belongs to The Englishman.
"A backpack!"
I show the backpack to the Englishman
to check if he can recognize
his own personal belongings.
Spikes
Rope
Ice Axe
The Englishman is able to name
every object found in the backpack,
he can describe their use, but is not
able to recognize them as his own.
Car Gable
The Englishman recognizes the American
actor Car Gable in one of his magazines,
and almost all the faces and places
that appear in the paper.
He seems to know everything about
the world, but who he is.
April, 1933. Spring is
a good season for mental health.
Madness calms down with the
vivid colors of the sanitarium garden.
Boxwood
The Englishman is sensitive to
the beauty of the countryside,
curious to knowledge and, despite
the obvious difference in class,
he is kind with the other patients.
Especially with women.
The Englishman looks totally
indifferent to his illness.
A very common psychiatric symptom
called "La Belle Indifference".
Shape Interpretation Test
The "Shape Interpretation Test" or
"Rorschach Psychodiagnostics Test"
is a modern method
to evaluate personalities
from a psychoanalytic point of view.
With the interpretation of 10 inkblots
we observe the psychic functioning
of a person who finds similarities
with clouds, flames, or
"wonderful places, with mountains,
with steep peaks"
*Quote by Hermann Rorschach himself
"What do you see here?"
"The Announcing Angel"
"Tibet"
"Maasai, Maasai women"
"King Kong!"
"A butterfly, a Tineola butterfly"
(Hesitates)... "A Stradivarius"
An announcing angel, two Tibetan monks,
two Maasai women,
the scientific name of a moth,
a Hollywood movie, a skyscraper,
a coral forest, fireworks...
The Englishman's answer represent
a world of travels and leisure
not only unique for this valley,
but for anyone not belonging
to the social elite.
Who is The Englishman?
An anthropologist? An explorer?
A hermit? A deserted soldier?
A mere mountain climber?
The Englishman asks me for the
Spanish name of a plant
that he calls "Ramonda Myconi"
and that I don't know at all.
He plays the piano with a "swing"
style, as he calls it.
He also uses this "swing" word when
he shows me his polo technique.
The more I study the patient,
the more convinced I am
that he belongs to the
so-called "leisure class".
Either he suffers from delusions
of grandeur or perhaps we have living
at the sanitarium...
a true English aristocrat.
Clinical portraits on idiocy
Filming on May 24, 1933
Heart, eye and ear diseases have been
transmitted genetically.
Also hereditary are premature deaths,
early dementia
and all sorts of degenerative diseases
such as idiocy, present
in 1 out of 8 people.
Family consanguinity, often among
cousins, has brought about
the genetic collapse of this people,
extending the idiocy gene
like bad weed all over the valley.
Many idiots go through catatonia
episodes where they become wax statues.
The following sequence registers
the arm fall after 1, 5 and 30 minutes.
In other cases, idiots
repeat the gestures
of the people they interact with,
a symptom called "echomimia".
Pyknic type
Leptosomic type
Physical constitution and character
"Physique and Character" is a brilliant
study by German psychiatrist
Ernst Kretschmer, basis of all the
theories by the Salamanca School,
of which I am a member since 1929.
This study affirms that:
"Every individual's physique determines
their temper and possible mental
diseases, allowing us to
divide the population in
two major groups".
Leptosomic type
Tall and thin subjects
Narrow chest
Slender members
Long face
Notable osseous protuberances
The leptosomic type has a refined
character, very neat and demanding,
especially with morals.
Decent, deep and hypersensitive,
his higher soul feeds
from the beauty of subtlety.
Pyknic type
Subject of low stature
Short and wide neck
Bulky head
Adipose tissue
Abundant in the belly
Weak musculature
The pyknic type has a quarrelsome
excitable and uninhibited character.
Talkative and boastful,
his anxious spirit does not deal
with intellect, but with
his lowest instincts.
To this study I add a new hypothesis:
What if we modify the physique
in order to stop idiocy?
The Englishman's physique is
an inspiration to stop inbreeding
in the valley and improve the lineage,
as we do with plants and animals.
However, the same isolation that
caused this genetic decline
has created an extraordinary
richness in another species.
I leave here a wonderful catalog
of some arthropods found
in the traditional trip to
the Canau Falls.
The melted water from the Canau falls
is considered miraculous by mountaineers
who used to go there to protect
themselves from demonic possession.
Popular belief aside, it is
scientifically proven that frozen water
smarten idiots up, or autistic people,
as they are called in America now.
In the last months, The Englishman
shows a special predilection
for Catalina Ferrer, the youngest
patient in the sanitarium.
If this relationship germinates,
a happy and spontaneous eugenics
will have occurred, i.e., a scientific
improvement of lineage.
A new genetic string may form,
and I can affirm that it will be
the first Anglo-Pyrenean cross
in this valley's history.
Mental and Hygiene Clinic
"Casa Tardán"
Films 1938-1942
April, 1938. Civil War is coming to
the most hidden Pyrenean valleys.
The 43rd Division of the Popular Army
has destroyed all bridges
that could help the enemy
move forward.
The men of the Valdellomar Valley
decided to leave to fight.
Many of them cross these mountains
for the first time, leaving behind
their home, lands and wives.
Without any man around to forbid it,
the townswomen have allowed me
to film them while they launder
the sanitarium's clothing.
Also at the clinic, sick men have
gone to the front or are hiding
in the mountains, leaving only women,
The Englishman and myself.
Five years have passed since
The Englishman was admitted
at Casa Tardán and he still remembers
nothing from his previous life.
Instead, he developed a new
identity as "Lord and Master"
of the valley, calling himself
Sir Valdemar Torn.
The Englishman (or Valdemar Torn) has
adopted this valley as his true
birthplace and has at the clinic
what for him is his only family.
When I watch The Englishman's sons
I see the innate qualities
of his father and his evolutionary
advantage with respect to the valley.
Sensible pairing has been an
essential duty in this valley.
Not only a medical duty,
but a moral one.
Ana Bescós (30 years old)
Serena Latre (22 years old)
A new generation of healthy children
grows in the clinic gardens,
free from the illness of inbreeding.
In 1942 The Englishman and I
did our first trip
outside the Valdellomar Valley.
I intended to film the last wild
Pyrenean ibex living
on the north face of
Mount Jacalito.
Like so many times before,
I filmed parts of this trip,
not knowing that these would be
the last images of The Englishman.
And just like that, in a curve
leaving the Lenza forest,
I lost sight of The Englishman,
and I never saw him again.
We searched the area for many weeks,
but found no trace of The Englishman,
as if he vanished or reincarnated
into a wild Pyrenean ibex.
To my teacher, Gregorio Marañón, and
to the anatomist and great friend
Juan de Dios Escolar, whose ideas
inspired this film and the genetic
recovery of the
Valldelomar Valley.