From: Ryan Marino (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Apr 02 2009 - 15:23:11 PDT
Casey,
Rose Lowder has some nature films you should look into.
-Ryan
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Casey Pegram <email suppressed> wrote:
> Bruno Dumont's films certainly meet this criteria, I think. I would start
> with La vie de Jésus and work up from there, they're all of a similar mold.
>
> Certain films of Claire Denis would work as well: Chocolat, Beau Travail,
> L'Intrus (emphasis in particular on L'Intrus for your given purpose).
>
> Also the films of Philippe Grandrieux: Sombre and La vie nouvelle. The
> latter is harder to find on DVD, particularly with English subtitles (if you
> need 'em) but I would encourage you to view the film anyway. It's not very
> dialogue-heavy at all.
>
> Casey
>
> On Apr 2, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Scott Ross wrote:
>
> Hello,
>> I'm doing research on French (and francophone) films that depict
>> landscapes, the natural world, or a strong "sense of place" in
>> interesting ways. For example, I'm looking at "JLG/JLG autoportrait en
>> décembre" for Godard's use of the Lausanne countryside, short
>> documentaries by Jean Painlevé, and Michael Snow's "La Région
>> central." Does anyone have any suggestions for films or scholarly
>> criticism on the subject? I'm not restricting myself solely to
>> experimental works. I'm looking in particular for films available
>> online, on VHS, or on DVD, since I don't have access to projectors at
>> my school. Thanks!
>> Scott
>>
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