Anne Le Ny Videos : Chantal Akerman + Catherine Breillat. Film Theory. 2001. 1/7

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Chantal Akerman + Catherine Breillat. Film Theory. 2001. 1/7

www.egs.edu Chantal Akerman and Catherine Breillat, filmmakers, directors, artists, and novelists discussing their work, films, movies, theories, dramaturgy, creativity and the process of creation, filming, filmmaking, directing, the relevance of the camera, subjectivity, editing, and the magic and strength of the screen. Chantal Akerman and Catherine Breillat in an Open Lecture at European Graduate School Media and Communication studies department program in Saas-Fee Switzerland, Europe. Chantal Akerman and Catherine Breillat. 2001 Chantal Akerman, born June 6, 1950, is a Belgian film director and artist currently residing in Paris. She is known for her deconstructive style and pessimistic humor. Her films often represent her observations of identity, sexuality and politics. She has been widely regarded as one of Europe's prolific auteur filmmakers. Chantal Akerman, a self-taught filmmaker, got introduced into filmmaking when she saw Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou at the age of 15. She briefly attended filmschool, but left after three months. In 1968, at the age of 18, she finished her first short film Saute ma ville. Since that time she has authored, directed, and produced several other movies including: L'enfant aimé ou Je joue à être une femme mariée 1971, La chambre 1972, Hotel Monterey 1973, Hanging Out Yonkers 1973, Les grands-mères 1973, Le 15/8 1973 directed with Samy Szlingerbaum, Je, tu, il, elle 1974, Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1975 ...

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