Journeys Through French Cinema(2017)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2017-09-16
Average Runtime: 56m
Rating: 8.5
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
My Journey Through French Cinema (2017), Bertrand Tavernier’s César-nominated three-and-a-half-hour tour through French film history, was too short to introduce audiences to all that he wanted to share. In this new eight-part series (8x55min), the acclaimed director of such films as Coup de Torchon and ‘Round Midnight guides us through a roster of filmmakers both influential and forgotten, explores how his country’s cinema was shaped by the German occupation and changed again through the New Wave, spotlights little-known female filmmakers, and more. Subjects include: René Clément, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Julien Duvivier, Henri Decoin, Claude Autant-Lara, as well as composers who made movie music an art in and of itself, far from the Hollywood spotlight.
Keywords
interviewcinema historycinemagazinecinema magazineartistic legacyhistory and legacydocumentary film
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Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
My Go-To Filmmakers, Part 1
Air Date: 2017-09-16
In the first episode of this expansive series, Bertrand Tavernier discusses the directors who have both influenced hi...
E02
My Go-To Filmmakers, Part 2
Air Date: 2017-09-23
In part two of his discussion of influential filmmakers, Tavernier explores the formal and thematic approaches of Sac...
E03
Les Chansons, Julien Duvivier
Air Date: 2017-09-30
Tavernier dissects the importance of music in French Cinema with palpable enthusiasm, highlighting French actors who ...
E04
Under German Occupation
Air Date: 2017-10-07
Discussing the artistic and political atmosphere during the German occupation, Tavernier explores the ways in which F...
E05
Occupation to New Wave
Air Date: 2017-10-14
As a postscript to his survey of moviemaking in France under German occupation, Tavernier takes a deep dive into how ...
E06
The Forgotten Ones
Air Date: 2017-10-21
In seeking to upgrade his own outmoded perspective on several filmmakers, Tavernier credits critic/programmer Patrick...
E07
Underrated Directors
Air Date: 2017-10-28
Continuing to spotlight names that might be unfamiliar even to ardent film buffs, Tavernier unveils glorious restored...
E08
My Sixties
Air Date: 2017-11-04
Closing out his “exercise in admiration and gratitude” from an even more personal perspective, Tavernier recounts fir...
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