Film·1997·54m

Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath

Documentary

Ángel Díaz’s documentary The Lost Sorrows of Jean Eustache, concentrates on Eustache as cinematic thinker and archivist of his own life. Actors read texts written by Eustache, including the following reflection: “The role of the author in cinema should be one of non-intervention.” This sentence reminds us that he belongs to the greatest of film traditions (he cites Griffith, Renoir, Dreyer, and Lang as his models), the one that sees cinema as a matter of placing the camera in front of reality and capturing it ardently, precisely, and without tricks.

Directed by Angel Díez

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12 credited

Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre LéaudSelf
Françoise Lebrun
Françoise LebrunSelf
Boris Eustache
Boris EustacheSelf
Sylvie Durastanti
Sylvie DurastantiSelf
Jean-Michel Barjol
Jean-Michel BarjolSelf
Henri Martinez
Henri MartinezSelf
Jean Eustache
Jean EustacheSelf (archival footage)
Odette Robert
Odette RobertSelf (archival footage)
Martin Loeb
Martin LoebSelf (archival footage)
Yvan Gaillard
Yvan Gaillard(voice)
Philippe Théaudière
Philippe Théaudière(voice)
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Jean-Pierre Ruh(voice)

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