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Chronicle of a Summer (1961) Paris, summer of 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch, along with sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin, both assisted by Marceline and Nadine, roam the crowded streets asking ordinary people how they deal with the misfortunes of life.
Real-life individuals discuss topics on society, happiness in the working class among others and with those testimonies the filmmakers create fictional moments based on their interviews. Later on, the individuals discuss the images created with their own words and see if the movie obtained their level of reality.
Ethnographer-filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist-film critic Edgar Morin, assisted by a motion picture crew, interview people on the streets of Paris during the summer of 1960. Marceline asks passersby on the Place de la Concorde if they are happy. She discusses her childhood spent in a concentration camp and the death of her parents.
February 27, 2013. Setting aside the usual excitement surrounding a new Criterion release, the delightful and unexpected thrill of that company’s just-concluded 50% off flash sale, and the specific intrigues and pleasures found within the seminal 1960 French documentary Chronicle of a Summer, I can’t help but feel a little depressed as I ...
Screenshots. Chronicle of a Summer (1961, Fr.) (aka Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)) In co-directors Jean Rouch's and sociologist Edgar Morin's ethnographic documentary - an intellectual experiment and a prime example of cinema verite (a term coined by Morin), during the time of France's Algerian War of Independence and at the height of the ...
Chronicle of a Summer. 1961 Documentary · 1h 31m. Stream Chronicle of a Summer. $10.99 / month. Watch Now. Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes. We’ve found that the cheapest way to ...
