Dear Alex,
First Run / Icarus Films distributes the Bresson film as well as some
others from Cinema de Notre Temps series (including one on Rohmer and the
New Wave) - but only in the US.
Check out the Cinema of Our Time page on our web site at -
http://www.frif.com/new2001/cin.html
If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email.
Best,
Ryan Krivoshey
Ryan Krivoshey
Marketing & Publicity
First Run / Icarus Films
32 Court Street, 21st Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel. 718-488-8900
Fax. 718-488-8642
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At 10:23 PM 4/30/02 +0100, you wrote:
>Colleagues,
>A couple of questions that have been pre-occupying me for a while :
>1) Bresson has a technique of commenting in his films on life in a simple
>state; full of coincidences and seemingly insignificant acts, which despite
>this insignificance often turn out to be quite decisive in his portrayal of
>the characters. As he himself said, " The more life is what it is -
>ordinary, simple, without pronouncing the word 'God' - the more I see the
>presence of God in that. "
>I was wondering whether or not this technique/approach to the subject has a
>particular ' term', in terms of film-philosophy.
>2) A few months ago on the UK Digital TV Channel FILMFOUR I watched an
>interview with Bresson conducted by François Weyergans, entitled " Cinéma de
>Notre Temps : Robert Bresson ". Could anyone shed any light on whether or
>not there were more of such interviews conducted with prominent French
>directors during the 1960s, and if so where the may be currently
>shown/available.
>
>Any information at all would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Alex G
>
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