| Description |
2 videodiscs (146 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages ; illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Le joli mai: Part I. A prayer from the Eiffel Tower ; Part 2. The return of Fantomas -- Disc 2. Bonus features: Jouer à Paris = Playtime in Paris / un film de Catherine Varlin (1962, 27 min.) ; D'un lointain regard... = A distant gaze... / un film de Jean Ravel (1964, 12 min.) ; Methode 1, exercice de cinêma en 1962 = Exercise in direct cinema / featuring Pierre Lhomme (1962, 5 min.) ; deleted scenes |
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Booklet. Chris Marker: "passionate objectivity" -- Pierre Lhomme's account -- Sound engineer Antoine Bonfanti's account -- Chris Marker -- Interview with Pierre Lhomme -- A discussion of the restoration work on Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's 'Le joli mai' -- Points of reference 1962 -- Credits -- Thank you -- Chris Marker, 1921-2012 [filmography] -- Pierre Lhomme, born in 1930-cinematographer [filmography] |
| Summary |
"Filmed just after the March ceasefire between France and Algeria, Le Joli Mai documents Paris during a turning point in French history: the first time since 1939 that France was not involved in any war."--www.icarusfilms.com |
| Notes |
Originally issued as a motion picture in France in 1963 |
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Includes booklet in English |
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Includes versions with and without an interlude sung by Yves Montand |
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Restored with the support of CNC; 20 minutes from the original have been cut with the permission of Chris Marker |
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Original mono soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 2.0 |
| Credits |
Executive producer, Gisèle Rébillon ; photography, Etienne Becker, Denys Clerval, Pierre Villemain, Pierre Lhomme ; film editor, Eva Zora, Annie Meunier, Madeleine Lecompère ; music, Michel Legrand |
| Performer |
Narration by Simone Signoret (English version) and Yves Montand (French version) |
| Notes |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby digital 2.0 mono |
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English version with partial English subtitles and French version with English subtitles; optional French subtitles for the hearing impaired and optional audio description in French |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| SUBJECT |
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098069
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Paris (France) -- History -- 1944- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098064
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Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003462 -- Social aspects.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002758
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films
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Foreign language films
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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History.
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Marker, Chris, 1921-2012, film director, screenwriter
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L'Homme, Pierre, 1930- film director, cinematographer
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Varlin, Catherine, screenwriter, film director
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Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985, narrator
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Montand, Yves, 1921-1991, narrator
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Becker, Étienne, 1936- cinematographer
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Clerval, Denys, cinematographer
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Villemin, Pierre, cinematographer
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Zora, Eva, editor of moving image work
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Meunier, Annie, editor of moving image work
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Lecompère, Madeleine, editor of moving image work
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Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019, composer
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Ravel, Jean, 1927-1990, film director
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Sofracima (Firm), production company
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Icarus Films, film distributor
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