An affectionate and vivid portrait of photographer and film-maker Raymond Depardon's life and work
Photographer and film-maker Raymond Depardon drives a van across the French countryside, photographing arresting vignettes (shopfronts, cafes, factories, forests) on a large format camera, using photographic film the richness and depth of which are an intrinsic part of his art.
Meanwhile, long-time partner and sound recordist Claudine Nougaret sifts through the offcuts and outtakes from Depardon's extensive documentary archive; from the protests of Prague and the mercenaries of the former Biafra; through the psychiatric institutions of Italy; to the people, politics and press of France.
En route, we see Nelson Mandela observe a moving minute of silence; archaeologist Françoise Claustre interviewed while held hostage by rebels in Chad in the 70s; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on the presidential campaign, in snippets from a film he would later try to ban. It's fascinating fare, offering both an...
Photographer and film-maker Raymond Depardon drives a van across the French countryside, photographing arresting vignettes (shopfronts, cafes, factories, forests) on a large format camera, using photographic film the richness and depth of which are an intrinsic part of his art.
Meanwhile, long-time partner and sound recordist Claudine Nougaret sifts through the offcuts and outtakes from Depardon's extensive documentary archive; from the protests of Prague and the mercenaries of the former Biafra; through the psychiatric institutions of Italy; to the people, politics and press of France.
En route, we see Nelson Mandela observe a moving minute of silence; archaeologist Françoise Claustre interviewed while held hostage by rebels in Chad in the 70s; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on the presidential campaign, in snippets from a film he would later try to ban. It's fascinating fare, offering both an...
- 2/2/2014
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
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