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Tag Archives: Eric Rohmer
Conte de Printemps (A Tale of Springtime)
Conversation in Eric Rohmer’s Conte de Printemps is as free as bugs buzzing in tall meadow grasses: a waking-up to truth, and the falling away of wintertime misunderstandings. First in the series Contes des Quatre Saisons (Tales of Four Seasons), … Continue reading
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Tagged A Summer's Tale, A Tale of Springtime, A Winter's Tale, An Autumn Tale, Anne Teyssèdre, Auteur, Conte d'Ete, Conte d'Hiver, Conte d’Automne, Conte de Printemps, Contes des Quatre Saisons, EloÏse Bennett, Eric Rohmer, Florence Darel, Hugues Quester, Tales of the Four Seasons
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Conte d’Hiver (A Winter’s Tale)
Eric Rohmer reinvents fairytale with grey cold, charming chattering and the hopes of an ordinary woman. Neither Grimm nor Disney, greedy witch or shallow promise, Rohmer’s magic rests in the day-to-day and a heart’s steadfast belief that something, contrary to … Continue reading
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Tagged A Winter's Tale, Auteur, Charlotte Véry, Conte d'Hiver, Contes des Quatre Saisons, Eric Rohmer, Fairytale in French cinema, Frédéric van den Driessche, Hervé Furic, Le Rayon Vert, Marie Rivière, Tales of Four Seasons
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L’Amour l’Après-Midi (Love in the Afternoon)
It’s a small, claustrophobic world in which Frédéric (Bernard Verley) moves. He has his family at home, and his work in the office. The Paris streets are busy and full of attractive women and with all the strength and passion … Continue reading
Posted in Auteur, Eric Rohmer, Film Review, French Cinema, French Film, French film Review, French Movie, French Movie Reveiw, French Movie Reviews, French Movies, Nouvelle Vague, Paris in film, Paris in the movies, romance, Sexuality, The New Wave
Tagged Bernard Verley, Eric Rohmer, Françoise Verley, Infidelity in French Cinema, L’Amour l’Après-Midi, Love in the Afternoon, Six Moral Tales, Zouzou
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Nadja à Paris
Eric Rohmer’s early short film is a sweet, fresh postcard from 1960s Paris, written and narrated by American/Yugoslav exchange student Nadja Tesich who is preparing a thesis on Proust. Rohmer devotes the full 12 minutes to Nadja walking the streets … Continue reading
Posted in Auteur, Eric Rohmer, Eric Rohmer short film, Film Review, French Cinema, French Film, French film Review, French Movie, French Movie Reveiw, French short film reviews, French short films, Nouvelle Vague, Paris in film, Paris in the movies, The New Wave
Tagged Eric Rohmer, Les Femmes d'Eric Rohmer, Nadja à Paris, Nadja in Paris, Nadja Tesich, Women in the films of Eric Rohmer
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Charlotte et Son Steak
The simple preparation of a steak by a woman intellectually resistant to the dry charm of an intense man (played by Jean-Luc Godard) comprises this neat 10-minute short, directed and written by Eric Rohmer at the very beginning of his … Continue reading
Posted in Auteur, Eric Rohmer, Eric Rohmer short film, Film Review, French Cinema, French Film, French film Review, French Movie, French Movie Reveiw, French Movie Reviews, French Movies, French short film reviews, French short films, romance
Tagged Andrée Bertrand, Cahiers du cinéma, Eric Rohmer, French Cinema, Jean-Luc Godard, Nouvelle vague in Switzerland, Stéphane Audran
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Conte d’Automne (An Autumn Tale)
Match-making, loneliness and re-writing the rules of love are the mellow sunsets in Éric Rohmer’s Conte d’Automne (An Autumn Tale) Continue reading
Posted in Auteur, Eric Rohmer, French Film, French film Review, French Movie, French Movie Reviews, French Movies, Nouvelle Vague
Tagged An Autumn Tale, Béatrice Romand, Claire’s Knee, Conte d’Automne, Contes des Quatre Saisons, Eric Rohmer, Genou de Claire, La Femme d’Aviateur, Le Beau Mariage, Le Rayon Vert, Machiavelli, Marie Rivière, Rhône Valley, Tales of the Four Seasons, The Aviators Wife, The Green Ray, Vendage, Vineyard films, Vineyard movies
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Conte d’Été (A Summer’s Tale)
Eric Rohmer’s portrait of a young creative spirit in summertime places Gaspard (Melvil Poupard) in Dinard, a breezy seaside town in Brittany. Gaspard (a mathematics graduate) is alone with his angst, his guitar, and two objectives: to write a sea … Continue reading
Posted in Auteur, French Cinema, French film Review, French Movie Reviews, French Movies, Nouvelle Vague, The New Wave
Tagged Amanda Langlet, Aurélia Nolin, Breton, Brittany, Dinard, Eric Rohmer, Gwenaëlle Simon, Melvil Poupard, Pauline à la Plage, Portrait of an artist, Romance, Sea Shanty, Tales of Four Seasons
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Pauline à la Plage (Pauline at the Beach)
Summertime fascination, Eric Rohmer-style, is a gentle flirtatious breeze, one that carries early-eighties sexuality and casual connections on the shore of a wild-Atlantic heart. Third in the ‘Comedies and Proverbes’ series, Pauline à la Plage follows fifteen-year old Pauline (Amanda … Continue reading
Posted in Eric Rohmer, Holiday Films, Nouvelle Vague, The New Wave, Vacation Movies
Tagged Amanda Langlet, Atlantic Ocean, Auteur, Comedies and Proverbs, Eric Rohmer, Féodor Atkine, Holiday films, Holiday movies, New Wave, Normandy, Nouvelle Vague, Pauline at the Beach, Pauline à la Plage, Sexuality, Vacation films, Vacation movies
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Marie Rivière et l’adoration profonde d’Eric Rohmer pour les femmes
Eric donne les rôles principaux à des femmes qui sont parfois indépendant du rôle des hommes. Mais pourquoi? Peut-être qu’il est plus à l’aise avec les femmes. Peut-être qu’il transmet sa part féminine. Parce que ça se rapporte toujours à lui : la solitude, l’idéal, les pensées. (Marie Rivière) Continue reading
A conversation with Marie Rivière … Eric Rohmer’s intelligent adoration of women
Eric Rohmer’s Le Rayon Vert (‘The Green Ray’) and La Femme De L’Aviateur (‘The Aviator’s Wife’) are part of my summer blood. I watch them every August and in my mind they are like old friends, associated with clear night … Continue reading
Posted in Auteur, British Film Institute, Comedies and Proverbs, Comedy, Eric Rohmer, French Cinema, French Cinema French Film, French Film, Interview, romance, The Green Ray, The New Wave, Vacation Movies
Tagged Anne-Laure Meury, British Film Institute, Eric Rohmer, Fabrice Luchini, Fanny Mazoyer, Feminism, Film Review, French 1980s films, French Cinema, French Film, Geoff Andrew, Interview with Marie Rivière, Loneliness, Marie Rivière, Philippe Marlaud, The Aviators Wife, The Green Ray
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