On its face, Criterion’s Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978 is an essential set for offering key early works, some more obscure than others, from the career of one of the great film artists. But the pleasures here run deeper. Akerman used each of her initial films as a springboard to the next, and watching them in chronological order sees her consolidating and complicating her aesthetic and thematic preoccupations with each successive project.
Consider Akerman’s first film, 1968’s Saute ma ville. Akerman made this 13-minute short at the age of 18, and its debt to the antic energy and seriocomic political inclinations of the French New Wave makes it an outlier in a body of work fixated on structuralism and more meditative atmospheres. Yet in the film’s depiction of a young woman (Akerman herself) trashing her apartment emerges an outlandish expression of what will become a more somberly explored theme in upcoming shorts,...
Consider Akerman’s first film, 1968’s Saute ma ville. Akerman made this 13-minute short at the age of 18, and its debt to the antic energy and seriocomic political inclinations of the French New Wave makes it an outlier in a body of work fixated on structuralism and more meditative atmospheres. Yet in the film’s depiction of a young woman (Akerman herself) trashing her apartment emerges an outlandish expression of what will become a more somberly explored theme in upcoming shorts,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Jake Cole
- Slant Magazine
Film-maker pushed boundaries with her experimental, female-focused films.
Belgian-born experimental film-maker and artist Chantal Akerman has died at the age of 65.
Her long-time producer Patrick Quinet of Brussels-based Artemis Film confirmed Akerman’s death.
“She was a hugely important cineaste who by her singularity revolutionised parts of international cinema,” he told Afp.
Quinet did not give the cause of Akerman’s death but French newspaper Le Monde reported that the Paris-based film-maker committed suicide on Monday evening (Oct 5).
Career
Akerman was born in Brussels in 1950 to Jewish-Polish Holocaust survivors.
Her mother’s experiences in Auschwitz during World War Two, where she lost both her parents, would haunt Akerman all her life and permeate many of her works including the recent No Home Movie, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival over the summer.
Akerman made her first film, Saute Ma Ville, in 1968 at age 17, having dropped out of film school in Belgium after just one term.
The...
Belgian-born experimental film-maker and artist Chantal Akerman has died at the age of 65.
Her long-time producer Patrick Quinet of Brussels-based Artemis Film confirmed Akerman’s death.
“She was a hugely important cineaste who by her singularity revolutionised parts of international cinema,” he told Afp.
Quinet did not give the cause of Akerman’s death but French newspaper Le Monde reported that the Paris-based film-maker committed suicide on Monday evening (Oct 5).
Career
Akerman was born in Brussels in 1950 to Jewish-Polish Holocaust survivors.
Her mother’s experiences in Auschwitz during World War Two, where she lost both her parents, would haunt Akerman all her life and permeate many of her works including the recent No Home Movie, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival over the summer.
Akerman made her first film, Saute Ma Ville, in 1968 at age 17, having dropped out of film school in Belgium after just one term.
The...
- 10/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
Film-maker pushed boundaries with her experimental, female-focused films.
Belgian-born experimental film-maker and artist Chantal Akerman has died at the age of 65.
Her long-time producer Patrick Quinet of Brussels-based Artemis Film confirmed Akerman’s death.
“She was a hugely important cineaste who by her singularity revolutionised parts of international cinema,” he told Afp.
Quinet did not give the cause of Akerman’s death but French newspaper Le Monde reported that the Paris-based film-maker committed suicide on Monday evening (Oct 5).
Career
Akerman was born in Brussels in 1950 to Jewish-Polish Holocaust survivors.
Her mother’s experiences in Auschwitz during World War Two, where she lost both her parents, would haunt Akerman all her life and permeate many of her works including the recent No Home Movie, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival over the summer.
Akerman made her first film, Saute Ma Ville, in 1968 at age 17, having dropped out of film school in Belgium after just one term.
The...
Belgian-born experimental film-maker and artist Chantal Akerman has died at the age of 65.
Her long-time producer Patrick Quinet of Brussels-based Artemis Film confirmed Akerman’s death.
“She was a hugely important cineaste who by her singularity revolutionised parts of international cinema,” he told Afp.
Quinet did not give the cause of Akerman’s death but French newspaper Le Monde reported that the Paris-based film-maker committed suicide on Monday evening (Oct 5).
Career
Akerman was born in Brussels in 1950 to Jewish-Polish Holocaust survivors.
Her mother’s experiences in Auschwitz during World War Two, where she lost both her parents, would haunt Akerman all her life and permeate many of her works including the recent No Home Movie, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival over the summer.
Akerman made her first film, Saute Ma Ville, in 1968 at age 17, having dropped out of film school in Belgium after just one term.
The...
- 10/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
Film-maker pushed boundaries with her experimental, female-focused films.
Belgian-born experimental film-maker and artist Chantal Akerman has died at the age of 65.
Her long-time producer Patrick Quinet of Brussels-based Artemis Film confirmed Akerman’s death.
“She was a hugely important cineaste who by her singularity revolutionised parts of international cinema,” he told Afp.
Quinet did not give the cause of Akerman’s death but French newspaper Le Monde reported that the Paris-based film-maker committed suicide on Monday evening (Oct 5).
Career
Akerman was born in Brussels in 1950 to Jewish-Polish Holocaust survivors.
Her mother’s experiences in Auschwitz during World War Two, where she lost both her parents, would haunt Akerman all her life and permeate many of her works including the recent No Home Movie, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival over the summer.
Akerman made her first film, Saute Ma Ville, in 1968 at age 17, having dropped out of film school in Belgium after just one term.
The...
Belgian-born experimental film-maker and artist Chantal Akerman has died at the age of 65.
Her long-time producer Patrick Quinet of Brussels-based Artemis Film confirmed Akerman’s death.
“She was a hugely important cineaste who by her singularity revolutionised parts of international cinema,” he told Afp.
Quinet did not give the cause of Akerman’s death but French newspaper Le Monde reported that the Paris-based film-maker committed suicide on Monday evening (Oct 5).
Career
Akerman was born in Brussels in 1950 to Jewish-Polish Holocaust survivors.
Her mother’s experiences in Auschwitz during World War Two, where she lost both her parents, would haunt Akerman all her life and permeate many of her works including the recent No Home Movie, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival over the summer.
Akerman made her first film, Saute Ma Ville, in 1968 at age 17, having dropped out of film school in Belgium after just one term.
The...
- 10/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
The Venice International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 70th edition.
Official Competition
Es-Stouh (Merzak Allouache, Algeria/France)
L'Intrepido (Gianna Amelio, Italy)
Miss Violence (Alexandros Avranas, Greece)
Via Castellana Bandiera (Emma Dante, Italy/Switzerland/France)
Tom à la ferme (Xavier Dolan, Canada/France)
Child of God (James Franco, USA)
Philomena (Stephen Frears, UK)
La Jalousie (Philippe Garrel, France)
The Zero Theorem (Terry Gilliam, UK/USA)
Ana Arabia (Amos Gitai, Israel/France)
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, UK/USA)
Joe (David Gordon Green, USA)
The Police Officer's Wife (Philip Gröning, Germany)
Parkland (Peter Landesman, USA)
The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld (Errol Morris, USA)
Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
Sacro Gra (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy)
Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang, Chinese Taipei/France)
Out Of Competition
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Shinji Aramaki, Japan)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, USA)
Summer '82 — When Zappa Came to Siciliy (Salvo Cuccia,...
Official Competition
Es-Stouh (Merzak Allouache, Algeria/France)
L'Intrepido (Gianna Amelio, Italy)
Miss Violence (Alexandros Avranas, Greece)
Via Castellana Bandiera (Emma Dante, Italy/Switzerland/France)
Tom à la ferme (Xavier Dolan, Canada/France)
Child of God (James Franco, USA)
Philomena (Stephen Frears, UK)
La Jalousie (Philippe Garrel, France)
The Zero Theorem (Terry Gilliam, UK/USA)
Ana Arabia (Amos Gitai, Israel/France)
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, UK/USA)
Joe (David Gordon Green, USA)
The Police Officer's Wife (Philip Gröning, Germany)
Parkland (Peter Landesman, USA)
The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld (Errol Morris, USA)
Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
Sacro Gra (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy)
Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang, Chinese Taipei/France)
Out Of Competition
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Shinji Aramaki, Japan)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, USA)
Summer '82 — When Zappa Came to Siciliy (Salvo Cuccia,...
- 7/26/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Following the announcement that came earlier this week, launching yet another hugely impressive line-up at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the respective line-up has now been announced for what is in some ways its European counterpart, the 2013 Venice Film Festival.
The announcement shows that the two will continue to have a number of films overlapping, including Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (the Opening Night Film in Venice), Peter Landesman’s Parkland, Stephen Frears’ Philomena, and more. But it also brings with its news of where a number of films will be making their debut, including Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem; the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises; James Franco’s Child of God; Lee Sang-il’s Yurusarezaru Mono, the Japanese remake of Unforgiven; and Steven Knight’s Locke, led by Tom Hardy, and shot in one take.
In Competition
Es-Stouh – Merzak Alloucache (Algeria, France, 94’) L’Intrepido – Gianni Amelio (Italy,...
The announcement shows that the two will continue to have a number of films overlapping, including Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (the Opening Night Film in Venice), Peter Landesman’s Parkland, Stephen Frears’ Philomena, and more. But it also brings with its news of where a number of films will be making their debut, including Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem; the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises; James Franco’s Child of God; Lee Sang-il’s Yurusarezaru Mono, the Japanese remake of Unforgiven; and Steven Knight’s Locke, led by Tom Hardy, and shot in one take.
In Competition
Es-Stouh – Merzak Alloucache (Algeria, France, 94’) L’Intrepido – Gianni Amelio (Italy,...
- 7/26/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
One of the interesting things about doing these links posts every week is finding the vague, synchronous connections between many of the entries. It’s usually not obvious, and definitely never planned. But, like with this week, there was a real “back to nature” theme between many of the posts, e.g. lots of pictures of trees, an “onion” city festival, a landscape film installation and others. It’s kind of weird when that happens.
donna k. put up a brief note about Brent Green‘s live performance of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then at L.A.’s Hammer Museum on June 15. I was there and it was indeed a wonderful event. Even nicer was my opportunity to finally meet Brent and Donna in person after the show. Good folks. And if the roadshow comes to your town: Go! The Chicago Tribune wrote up a little preview of the Onion...
donna k. put up a brief note about Brent Green‘s live performance of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then at L.A.’s Hammer Museum on June 15. I was there and it was indeed a wonderful event. Even nicer was my opportunity to finally meet Brent and Donna in person after the show. Good folks. And if the roadshow comes to your town: Go! The Chicago Tribune wrote up a little preview of the Onion...
- 6/20/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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