The American Friend
1977
Search results
Jean Eustache ( French: [øs.taʃ]; 30 November 1938 – 5 November 1981) was a French film director and editor. During his short career, he completed numerous short films, in addition to a pair of highly regarded features, of which the first, The Mother and the Whore, is considered a key work of post- Nouvelle Vague French cinema. [1] [2] [3]
Jean Eustache was born on 30 November 1938 in Pessac, Gironde, France. He was an editor and director, known for The Mother and the Whore (1973), My Little Loves (1974) and Les photos d'Alix (1982). He died on 3 November 1981 in Paris, France.
Jun 26, 2023 · Jean Eustache ’s “ The Mother and the Whore ,” a 1973 French film that is now being revived in a new 4K restoration, is a work of strange, ineffable power, a power unlike that of any other film I know.
One of the most revered yet enigmatic figures to emerge in the wake of the French New Wave, Jean Eustache left behind a handful of unsentimental yet compassionate films that continue to be rediscovered and embraced by new generations of cinephiles.
Oct 30, 2023 · The filmmaker Jean Eustache's interest in la France profonde, his sense of national history and his sardonic scepticism about the May ’68 ideologues mark him out from his Nouvelle Vague contemporaries.
Jun 22, 2023 · The Mother and the Whore will run for three weeks as part of the twelve-film series The Dirty Stories of Jean Eustache; the other eleven titles will screen during the third week, from July 7 through 13.
Aug 28, 2023 · Where to begin with Jean Eustache. Out of sight for decades, the frank and fearless films of French director Jean Eustache have now finally been restored and made available. Here’s how to tackle them.
An in-depth biography of the film director and writer Jean Eustache, and a complete list of the artist's films, with links to movie reviews.
July 13–31, 2023. When the Camera Is On, Cinema Is Happening: The Complete Works of Jean Eustache. “ One of the purest and most original directors of the contemporary French cinema.” Nestor Almendros.
Connected to the French New Wave filmmakers of the 1950s and 60s, Jean Eustache (1938 – 1981) was bold and direct. He tended to call himself an archivist or ethnographer instead of a filmmaker, even when talking about his dramatic work: “I simply want to show that the cinema has a direct influence on life, just as literature does.”
