Cinéma, de notre temps
Season 1
"Cinema of Our Time" is a documentary series about contemporary filmmakers from around the world, created by Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe, as a follow-up to the acclaimed initial series "Filmmakers of Our Time" (1964-1972).
Where to Watch Season 1
70 Episodes
- Jacques Rivette le veilleur: 1-Le jour
E3Episode 3Jacques Rivette le veilleur: 1-Le jourThis 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, his relationships with the other film makers of the new wave, his use of "mise en scene" and his working with actors. - Jacques Rivette le veilleur: 2-La nuitE4
Episode 4Jacques Rivette le veilleur: 2-La nuitThis film of interviews with the film director Jacques Rivette was produced in collaboration with Serge Daney, film critic from "Cahiers du cinéma", then of "Libération". In the course of their conversations, the two speakers discuss Rivette's career, his relationships with the other film makers of the new wave, his use of "mise en scène" and his working with actors. - Shohei Imamura, le libre penseur
E18Episode 18Shohei Imamura, le libre penseurDocumentary about the director Shohei Imamura. This intimate portrayal arrives to calm us. In good health and enjoying life, Imamura gets drunk methodically in a bar worthy of "An Autumn Afternoon". Then, in the hands of the professional of an hairdresser, he tells his short experience as a director of pornographic films. We salivate with extracts of unknown and invisible films. We find out he his preparing a new film. It sums up the global project of Imamura perfectly: write the counter-history of Japan, from the point of view of the whores and bandits. - Georges Franju, le visionnaire
E22Episode 22Georges Franju, le visionnaireBy bringing together six interviews given by Georges Franju (1912-1987) between 1964 and 1987 - a period of time that covers a significant part of the filmmaker's career - André S. Labarthe shares the difficulty of composing such a document to approach the man and his filmography. Especially since the film mixes the varied framework of the different interviews and some film extracts. - Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleurE42
Episode 42Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleurA fascinating look at Georgian expat filmmaker Otar Iosseliani through the lens of his former assistant Julie Bertuccelli, focused on his unique working methods and conception of cinema. An unclassifiable filmmaker, almost elusive, he is making a new film, "Jardins d'Automne". - Le Home Cinéma des frères Dardenne
E43Episode 43Le Home Cinéma des frères DardenneThe cinematic word of the Dardenne brothers, printed on incandescent Super 8 in Seraing, their adolescence hometown. Decorating the film, a town that was actually incandescent before the shutdown of the local metallurgical industry. - Il était une fois André S. Labarthe
E46Episode 46Il était une fois André S. LabartheA documentary film on André S. Labarthe shot in several stages from winter 2006 to winter 2008 in Paris and Massais. The interviews recorded in 2006 shape a nascent dialogue and then a correspondence accompanies the third part of the film.
