A Pialat retrospective is currently playing at Laemmle's Royal in Los Angeles. These films will be released on blu-ray later this year or next by Cohen Media Group. Trailers and background information on the director below.
Laemmle's Royal - Showtimes & TicketsSeptember 26Under the Sun of Satan (1987) - 7:25pm
Loulou (1980) - 9:45pm
September 27Loulou (1980) - 12:00pm
The Mouth Agape (1974) - 2:40pm
Graduate First (1978) - 4:40pm
Van Gogh (1991) - 6:45pm
Under the Sun of Satan (1987) - 10:00pm
September 28Loulou (1980) - 2:15pm
The Mouth Agape (1974) - 4:45pm
Graduate First (1978) - 7:00pm
Van Gogh (1991) - 9:00pm
Under the Sun of Satan (1987) - 12:00pm
September 29Under the Sun of Satan (1987) - 3:15pm
Loulou (1980) - 5:30pm
The Mouth Agape (1974) - 8:10pm
Graduate First (1978) - 10:10pm
Van Gogh (1991) - 12:00pm
September 30Graduate First (1978) - 12:00pm
Van Gogh (1991) - 2:10pm
The Mouth Agape (1974) - 5:30pm
Loulou (1980) - 9:45pm
Under the Sun of Satan (1987) - 7:30pm
October 1The Mouth Agape (1974) - 12:00pm
Graduate First (1978) - 2:00pm
Van Gogh (1991) - 4:10pm
Loulou (1980) - 7:25pm
Under the Sun of Satan (1987) - 10:00pm
From Wikipedia:
Maurice Pialat (31 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor noted for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as being "realist", though many film critics acknowledge that it does not fit the traditional definition of realism.
The films of Maurice Pialat are often noted for their loose yet rigorous style and for their somewhat elliptical editing, which emphasizes an unsentimental worldview. Describing the unique aesthetics of Pialat's work, film critic Kent Jones wrote: "Even more than Jean Eustache [...] Pialat was an irascibly private artist, charting a twisted, crook-backed path with each new movie, almost always emerging with works in which the mind-bending vitality of immediate experience trumps all belief systems, allegiances, plans. [...] More than Cassavetes, more than Renoir, Pialat wanted every frame of celluloid bearing his name to be marked by the here and the now. [...] He was always willing to bend his narratives around experience. And the frequent ruptures, discontinuities, perspective shifts, and ellipses in his work are less single-minded than those of Cassavetes, more far-reaching in their implications."
Pialat's work is marked by the use of long takes, which often feed from sudden peaks of dramatic intensity in character interaction. He also has played supporting roles in some of his movies.
Filmography & Availability- La maison des bois (TV series) (1971)
French DVD (no subtitles)
Note: The all-region French blu-ray releases have English subtitles
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