But in tel aviv, one in 10 residents has rented a bird escooter, and the city. Bertrand tavernier is both an essential french filmmaker and a dedicated film historian. Writerdirector bertrand tavernier is truly one of the grand auteurs of the movies. Journey through french cinema 2016, directed by bertrand.
My journey through french cinema is a brilliant collage studded with directors, stars, screenwriters, composers, and set designers. His experience is vast, his knowledge is voluminous, his love. The title is very much an accurate summation of what tavernier is trying to achieve here. Completed in september 1938 under the title cinq jours dangoisse, the film was partially destroyed by fire a few months later, before it was released, requiring many of the scenes to be refilmed. Bertrand taverniers ambitious documentary, my journey through french cinema, explores gallic cinema from the 1930s through to the early 1970s, inspired by. Even as an english and french student, i did have a moment of worry that i would find it too long. Rent my journey through french cinema 2017 on dvd and bluray. All this is put to use over the course of a three hour plus stroll through various figures from the first few decades of french film history. Filmmaker bertrand tavernier travels through the movies. Bertrand tavernier on my journey through french cinema. Tavernier knows french cinema on a deeply personal level, from the.
Be the first to watch, comment, and share indie trailers, clips, and featurettes. Taverniers my journey through french cinema is more an. Its tempting to say that bertrand taverniers 3hourand15minute documentary my journey through french cinema is a feast for everybody who loves classic gallic movies. In this very special documentary he addresses us directly, speaking with infectious enthusiasm about the films, actors, directors, composers, writers and cinematographers who have meant so much to him, and who played such a significant role in french film history. Bertrand taverniers my through journey through french cinema, like the two martin scorsese firstperson docs that obviously inspired it, personal journey through american cinema and my voyage to italian cinema, isnt about the filmmakers own career but about the cinephilia that preceded and influenced it. My journey through french cinema alternative synopsis filmmaker bertrand tavernier surveys the history of french cinema from the 1930s to the 1970s, discussing the work of a wide range of actors, directors, composers, writers and cinematographers who have made a personal impact on him. Here he has created a survey that is deep, insightful, extremely entertaining and personal. No matter how much you think you know about french cinema, tavernier continually delights with the idea that theres still more to be learned, appreciated, and enjoyed. Bertrand taverniers film is a feast for everybody who loves classic gallic movies and its a great introduction to french cinema for all those who. Journeys through french cinema july 14 august 2 in conjunction with our firstrun engagement of bertrand taverniers my journey through french cinema july 7, from july 14 through august 2 we present a series of nine french classics that are highlighted in taverniers film. C locking in at just over 3 hours, i have to admit that the director, bertrand taverniers a journey through french cinema is not a documentary on french film classics for the fainthearted. Bertrand tavernier takes us on a sprawling voyage through his countrys film history.
Journeys through french cinema gene siskel film center. Part of the films charm derives from taverniers recollections of the various theaters where he saw particular films and the circumstances of each. Fans can catch a journey through french cinema at nyff. Bertrand tavernier presents my journey through french. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. While journey through french cinema is unable to cover every single decade, and dod knows it tries, the film will ignite in those who love french cinema a new passion for its heroes and villains. Through french cinema provides an essential tour through the films. Ingrid bergman and george sanders play katherine and alex joyce, an english married couple whose trip to italy unexpectedly undermines their marriage. His epic over three hours long documentary my journey through french cinema france, 2016 combines the two professional callings in a decidedly personal look at the cinema that shaped and excited him as both a cinephile and a filmmaker forget the familiar chronology and historical landmarks. Bertrand taverniers dramatic journey through french cinema.
However, its anything but dry, as the film swoons with passion for gallic films and filmmaking. Bertrand taverniers personal journey through french cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative figures. My journey through french cinema voyage a travers le cinema. Directed by bertrand tavernier france, 2016, 210 min. Rent my journey through french cinema 2017 on dvd and. Bertrand tavernier is a filmmaker of international repute death watch, round midnight and lifelong fan of cinema. Few cineastes exude a greater passion for french cinema than celebrated writerdirector bertrand tavernier, who broke through in 1974 with his debut feature, the clockmaker of st.
Bertrand taverniers personal journey through french cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative. Read writer susan kings interview with bertrand tavernier here on our blog. My journey through french cinema is a guided tour by director bertrand tavernier of frances film history. This work as a citizen and a spy, as an explorer and a painter, as a columnist and an adventurer that has been described so well by many authors, from casanova to gilles perrault, is a beautiful definition of a filmmaker that we want to apply to renoir, becker, to the vigo of latlante, to duvivier, as well as to truffaut and demy. All these, you imagine, will complete a composite portrait, through his precursors. My journey through french cinema by jonathan romney on june 23, 2017 a few years ago, at the morelia international film festival in mexico, i attended a joint master class shared by bertrand tavernier and stephen frears. Connections featured in my journey through french cinema 2016 see more. For those of you who arent the biggest aficionados of french. A must for film lovers, this documentary charts the history of french cinema from the 1930s to early 1970s. Taverniers my journey through french cinema is more an idyl than a crash course. The film was written by rossellini and vitaliano brancati, but is loosely based on the novel duo by colette. A wonderful mix of remembrance, history and criticism.
This film will be made up of excerpts, photos, and trailers, but also. Bertrand taverniers trip through french cinema is shot through with the love of someone who has grown up with cinema and knows how to communicate his passion in a way that is totally engaging. Instead, in my journey, tavernier pays homage to the rich tradition of commercial yet personal, elegant but observant cinema that had already given french film a name before godard and. His earliest memory of movies is of the flashing lights of a car and motorcycle as they sped along a mountain road in a gangster film. Released elsewhere as my journey through french cinema, as that title suggests, bertrand taverniers threehour documentary is a personal, nay autobiographical account of french cinema, charting the films and filmmakers that made him fall in love with. The three hoursplus that he delivers make you want to plunge back into the classics, as well as start discovering many underrated or forgotten directors, actors, dops or film score composers. Bertrand tavernier, france, cohen media group now 75 years old, bertrand tavernier was a bit too young at the watershed movie moment of 195960 to be lashed together with the disparate talents who, in maybe the most successful instance of branding in film history, were billed as a new wave. Through french cinemathanks to which it becomes clear that all his films are. But my journey through french cinema is not about settling grudges either.
This subject is glancingly addressed in his new documentary, my journey through french cinema, but its all over the interview i conducted with him. My journey through french cinema is a fond examination of movie. Bertrand taverniers my journey through french cinema delivers what it promises. Vital watching for cinephiles, master director bertrand tavernier round midnight. For most moviegoers, a shortlist of the great french directors usually includes new wave stalwarts like.
A journey through french cinema trailer for bertrand. This focus on minutiae doesnt paint a complete picture, nor is it meant to. Recalling the scene years later, tavernier realized the movie was by jacques becker, a favorite director who dominates the first hour of my journey through french cinema. Liberated by nick pinkerton my journey through french cinema dir. As such, the threehour memoirmeditations natural home. The best guides to film history are generally opinionated and very personal, and thats what my journey through french cinema offers to both eagertolearn newcomerswho might be turned off by the running time, but shouldnt beand selfappointed experts. Bertrand taverniers my journey through french cinema. Electricscooter rental companies are hitting speed bumps in the u. Delving into french classics and including interviews from jean renoir, claude sautet. The three hoursplus that he delivers make you want to plunge back into the classics, as well as start discovering many underrated or forgotten directors, actors, dops or film score.
The princess of montpensier surveys the history of french film, honoring beloved, sometimes forgotten directors, actors, and films through interviews, personal reflections, and an abundance of classic footage. Undoubtedly one of the very greatest documentaries about the history of cinema, he delves into french classics, and. With bertrand tavernier, francois truffaut, jeanpaul gaultier, jean renoir. Watch my journey through french cinema online bfi player. Documentary my journey through french cinema is for all movie. Tavernier spends the most time with films of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, musing largely on directors. Magisterial and majestic, taverniers deeply personal documentary is a splendid journey through the various histories of french filmmaking from the birth of cinema in 1895 through 1974 when tavernier completed his first feature. Bertrand tavernier is an engaging guide through this journey through french cinema, curating a revelatory tour through his homelands film history with a personal touch that will delight movie. Documentary my journey through french cinema is for all. My journey through french cinema official us trailer. Even so, its explanatory title doesnt begin to convey just how exhilarating or inspiring a documentary. Journey to italy, also known as voyage to italy, is a 1954 drama film directed by roberto rossellini. My journey through french cinema museum of fine arts, boston. A journey through french cinema warwick arts centre.
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