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Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque
Directed by
Jacques Richard
Not Rated
2004
3h 30m
Documentary
,
Biography
,
and more
7.7
93%
91%
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Life and work of the founder of the Cinémathèque Française.
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Where to Watch Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque
Kanopy
Free
Cast of Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque
Henri Langlois
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Richard
Director / Writer / Producer
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque Ratings & Reviews
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
In all his fanatical rotundity, the rumpled Langlois (1914-1977) was the epitome of a film nut.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
An inspirational film for cinephiles everywhere.
Film Journal International
Doris Toumarkine
Filmmaker Jacques Richard's rich package and celebration of all things Langlois and Cinematheque will delight cinephiles and anyone seeking a historic perspective on the liveliest art.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
[An] affectionate and uniformly superb documentary.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The tale of this rotund man, with his unquenchable passion and ark-load of supporters is, to a great extent, the history of the cinema itself.
Newsday
John Anderson
Anyone with a curiosity about how film got to be the art form/obsession it is today will want to learn about the man who helped make it so.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
This documentary's director, Jacques Richard, includes insightful and often hilarious archival interviews with Langlois and dozens of associates.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Jacques Richard's affectionate documentary makes a persuasive case for Henri Langlois as one of the most important figures in the history of film.
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
The film successfully serves as a crash course in the baroque world of French film politics, then and now.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Jacques Richard has made a film big and grand enough to accommodate his outsized subject.
San Francisco Chronicle
John McMurtrie
A treat for anyone who's passionate about films or who's ever wanted to learn more about them.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
The whole project, however conventional, has the allure of a communal embrace, a home movie of a motherland left irrevocably in the past.
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