Tribute to Jean-Pierre Melville 2012 / Sous le nom de Melville / France 2008
This multifaceted portrait of one the French film industry’s key figures of the late 20th century reconstructs Melville’s experiences from the front and the resistance during the Second World War, and analyzes how they influenced his filmmaking career. Rare archive footage and film clips round out interviews with, among others, directors influenced by Melville’s work (Tavernier, Schlöndorff, Kobayashi).
This comprehensive portrait of one the French film industry’s key figures of the second half of the 20th century reconstructs Melville’s experiences from the front and the resistance during the Second World War, and analyzes how they influenced his filmmaking career. Rare archive footage and film clips round out interviews with, among others, directors influenced by Melville’s work. Bertrand Tavernier, Johnnie To, Masahiro Kobayashi, and Volker Schlöndorff recall the creator of Le samouraï and Army of Shadows, as do his nephew Rémy Grumbach and critic, filmmaker, and actor André S. Labarthe. Portuguese columnist and critic Rui Nogueira, author of the book of interviews Melville on Melville (Le cinéma selon Melville), will be on hand at the Karlovy Vary festival to personally introduce the nine films of the Melville tribute.
76 min / Color, DIGIBETA
Director Olivier Bohler
/ Screenplay Olivier Bohler
/ Dir. of Photography Julien Selleron
/ Music Jessica Lalanne
/ Editor Nicolas Dupouy
/ Producer Georges Groult, Raphaël Millet
/ Production Nocturnes Productions
/ Contact Nocturnes Productions
Olivier Bohler (b. 1972, Marseilles) finished up studies in literature and film in 2000 with a doctoral thesis on Jean-Pierre Melville. He is also an acknowledged specialist on Pier Paolo Pasolini, and he has written numerous essays and magazine articles touching on the history of film. Since 2005 he has written scripts for various French films and TV series, and in 2007 he cofounded Nocturnes Productions. Code Name Melville is his first feature-length documentary; at present he is working on a documentary about Jean-Luc Godard and contemporary art.
Nocturnes Productions
59, avenue de la Résistance, 931 00, Montreuil
France
Phone: +33 148 598 039
E-mail: [email protected]
Olivier Bohler
Film Director / Producer
Rui Nogueira
Protagonist
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