Movies: Janine Bazin
- 1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967)
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An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety of art forms, the role of the cinema, their collaboration together, and much more. (Filmed in 1964 but released for TV in 1967.)...
- 1977
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante (1977)
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Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70's pop culture. Courant posits that his cinema offers an aggressive détournement to the French mainstream, reifying a Duchampian view of film: "I believe in i...
- 1967
Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception (1967)
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In the third part of a Cinéastes triptych on Jean Renoir, the director sits alone in a cinema analyzing scenes from La Marseillaise and The Rules of the Game, and discussing his editing and storytelling techniques....
- 2003
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty (2003)
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Intimate portrait of Abel Ferrara: the result is an eccentric road movie, with the restless film maker as a charming, shabby guide around New York by night....
- 2012
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo (2012)
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- 1970
François Truffaut, dix ans dix films (1970)
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Episode of the French television series about the work of François Truffaut....
- 1989
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me (1989)
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A documentary about American director David Lynch from the Cinéma, de notre temps series....
- 1967
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967)
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Second in the documentary trilogy from mastermind Jacques Rivette, featuring a conversation between Jean Renoir and Michel Simon, who celebrate their reunion by discussing, among other things, La Chienne (1931) and Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)....
- 1990
The Scorsese Machine (1990)
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Amazing documentary shows rarely seen side of a master director. 1990 was a very good year for Martin Scorsese. After making a diverse group of films in the 80s, he reunited with Robert DeNiro for "Goodfellas" and later that year shot a segment for "...
- 1997
Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman (1997)
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Janine Bazin and André Labarthe approached Chantal Akerman about making a film for the series; eagerly, Akerman proposed a number of filmmakers—but all had already been done. So she suggested…“How about me?” Akerman creates a fascinating self-portrai...
- 1967
Cinéastes de notre temps: Jacques Becker (1967)
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Episode of the French television series about the work of film director Jacques Becker. (A 27-minute excerpt from this show appears on the Criterion Collection's release of "Casque d'Or." )...
- 1967
Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif (1967)
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The first of three documentaries by Rivette on Jean Renoir....
- 1993
Claude Chabrol, l'entomologiste (1993)
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Made for "Cinéma, de notre temps" series. In a peaceful residence near the Loire River, Chabrol raised his favorite characters : monsters. In this documentary, we can see him actively working on the adaptation of Simenon's novel "Betty", and answerin...
- 2012
Cinéastes de notre temps: Erich von Stroheim (2012)
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- 1971
Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses (1971)
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Shot while he was preparing Un Flic, Melville carefully leads Labarthe through the trajectory of his career, from his daring debut The Silence of the Sea to his great successes of the 1960s, Le Samourai and Le cercle rouge. Labarthe also details the ...
- 1965
Bresson: Without a Trace (1965)
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An episode of the television program Cinéastes de notre temps in which the director gives his first on-camera interview....
- 1967
Josef von Sternberg - From Silence Comes Another (1967)
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Speaking as scenes from Anatahan are shown, for which he directed, photographed, wrote, and provided voiceover narration, film director Josef von Sternberg takes the viewer on a fantastic filmmaking journey in this presentation of Cinéastes de notre ...
- 1976
Let's Talk Cinema, Henri Langlois' anti-courses (1976)
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Henri Langlois, founder and director of the Cinémathèque française, is interviewed in his museum at the Palais de Chaillot and talks about cinema. “Henri Langlois's anti-courses” are made up of a set of short films, or more exactly of chapters. Each ...
- 1990
Jacques Rivette, the Watchman (1990)
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This film of interviews with the film director Jacques Rivette was produced in collaboration with Serge Daney, film critic from “Cahiers du cinéma”, then of “Liberation”. In the course of their conversations, the two speakers discuss Rivette’s career...
- 1998
Georges Franju - Le visionnaire (1998)
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Made for "Cinéma, de notre temps" series. Interview with Georges Franju (1912-1987), a figure of immense importance in the history of French cinema, not primarily for his films (exceptional though many of these are) but for being the co-founder, with...