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Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1977)

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Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1977)

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Echo and The Bunnymen

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Echo and The Bunnymen

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"One day Jean-Luc and I were sitting in a cafe in Boulevard St. Michel and we heard these two..."

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“One day Jean-Luc and I were sitting in a cafe in Boulevard St. Michel and we heard these two...

Stranger than paradise

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Stranger than paradise

Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac

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Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac

cinephilearchive: Missing original screenplay by Costa-Gavras...

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cinephilearchive:

Missing original screenplay by Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart [pdf]. (NOTE: For educational purposes only)

After Z was shown in the United States, they asked me to make a lot of American movies—you know, the system they have, to sign a contract with several, four or five projects. So I refused, because I didn’t know the country, and also I didn’t have a story which could interest me. The first time I had a story which was very interesting to me, it was Missing. I sent the book. And even then, I told them that I would like to make that movie, but not all the book, just the 65, 70 last pages of the book, when the father finally goes to look for the son. They said, “Okay, let’s sign.” I said, “No, we won’t sign, because I don’t want to get into the Hollywood system. I’ll do an outline of 50 pages, and then if you like it, then we sign.” And it’s what I did, so they liked the outline. Because Hollywood’s a very difficult town to me. It can eat you completely.

Costa-Gavras Interview

Working in Hollywood, he kept control over script and cast, using his French crew, and editing in Paris. “They said: ‘Why Jack Lemmon? He’s a comedian.’ But I wouldn’t compromise.” Lemmon won best actor at Cannes for his role. His films have sometimes been criticised on the left for explaining political realities in personal and psychological terms. In response to the question, has he ever softened his films to get people to watch unpalatable truths, he says: “The problem of audience is complex. You can’t forget them, but you don’t know who they are or what they like. I try to be the first audience, to keep my virginity as a spectator.”

He has not worked in Hollywood for some years. “It’s drastically different.” Those overtly political features that get made are instigated by star actors, he believes, because “no major company refuses George Clooney or Brad Pitt. It’s not coming from the companies or from directors.” Critical of Hollywood’s “sedative” effect, he says: “I never forget that we’re making an entertainment.” Echoing Ingmar Bergman, he continues: “Cinema is about seducing an audience to have them go away and think.” In Greece “we have no word for it except for the ancient Greek expression ‘to guide the soul’. I think the role of entertainment is to do that.”

French resistance: Costa Gavras

An in-depth interview with Greek-French filmmaker Costa-Gavras (Z, Missing) from TIFF 2012.

Sylvette Baudrot Section spéciale, Costa Gavras, 1974.

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Sylvette Baudrot

Section spéciale, Costa Gavras, 1974.

”Z” by Costa-Gavras

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”Z” by Costa-Gavras

A Tale of Winter (1992)

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A Tale of Winter (1992)

“Les Rendez-vous de Paris” (Rohmer)

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“Les Rendez-vous de Paris” (Rohmer)

Les nuits de la Pleine Lune, Eric Rohmer (1984)

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Les nuits de la Pleine Lune, Eric Rohmer (1984)

La Collectionneuse, 1967

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La Collectionneuse, 1967

Haydée Polytoff in La collectionneuse, Éric Rohmer (1967)

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Haydée Polytoff in La collectionneuse, Éric Rohmer (1967)

L’ami de mon amie, Eric Rohmer (1987)

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L’ami de mon amie, Eric Rohmer (1987)

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Michelangelo Antonioni in China, 1972

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Michelangelo Antonioni in China, 1972

Charlotte GainsbourgLove Etc

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Charlotte Gainsbourg
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