French and French-language Films
Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau: slapstick comedy film short with a possible ulterior message
Eugène Deslaw, “Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau” (1935) We all know of people
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French and French-language Films
La Marche des Machines / Les Nuits Électriques: experimental shorts suggest technology has a life of its own
Eugène Deslaw, “La Marche des Machines” (1927) / Les Nuits Électriques” (1928) The Ukrainian film-maker Eugène
French and French-language Films
Autour de La Fin du Monde: silent film about a sound film hampered by lack of … sound
Abel Gance and Eugène Deslaw, “Autour de La Fin du Monde” (1930) I had heard
French and French-language Films
À propos de Nice: silent film satire on social inequalities and contemporary culture of 1930s France
Jean Vigo, “À propos de Nice” (1930) Posing as “a day in the life” travelogue
French and French-language Films
Taris, Roi du L’Eau: swimming is the gateway to a world of freedom and beauty
Jean Vigo, “Taris, Roi du L’Eau” (1931) Sports documentaries don’t come any more poetic, beautiful
French and French-language Films
Zéro de Conduite: zero for film convention and conformity, maximum score for lively presentation on social oppression
Jean Vigo, “Zéro de Conduite: Jeunes Diables au College” (1933) One of four films made
French and French-language Films
Thérèse Desqueyroux (dir. Georges Franju): a skilfully made psychological study of much emotional depth
Georges Franju,” Thérèse Desqueyroux” (1962) A remake of this film with Audrey Tautou as the
French and French-language Films
Judex (dir. Georges Franju): an affectionate, light-hearted homage to Louis Feuillade and silent films
Georges Franju, “Judex” (1963) A remake of the Louis Feuillade 1916 mini-series about the mystery
French and French-language Films
Le Samouraï: enjoyably hokey existentialist film about fate and the inevitability of death
Jean-Pierre Melville, “Le Samouraï” (1967) A beautiful and seductive film that spawned many imitators, of
Human, All Too Human (Episode 3: Jean-Paul Sartre): a fine exposition of a philosopher who lived his philosophy
Louise Wardle, “Human, All Too Human (Episode 3: Jean-Paul Sartre)” (1999) The final episode in