The Socrates + Prison + Crowds
Prison
Robert Lapoujade
- 1946
- France
- Documentary / Experimental
- 12mn
- Black and white
Brand new master
An imprisoned man recalls his past or modifies it.
Thick paint moves and fractures before our eyes, the walls of his cell blend with ghostly apparitions, the cerebral creations of a broken man.
Credits
- Screenplay : Robert Lapoujade
- Photography : Robert Lapoujade
- Editing : Robert Lapoujade
- Music by : Luc Perini
- Production : ORTF
Crowds
(Foules)
Robert Lapoujade
- 1959
- France
- Animation / Experimental
- 9mn
- Black and white
Brand new master
In this symbolic abstract variation on crowds, the artist , by mixing animated powders and realistic photos, makes “the innumerable and multifaceted adventure of humankind” palpable and transmits “the unity of crowds”.
Through symbolism, abstraction, and tribal music, Foules conveys the savage beauty and the power of crowds.
Credits
- Screenplay : Robert Lapoujade
- Photography : Robert Lapoujade
- Editing : Robert Lapoujade
- Music by : Luc Perini
- Production : Pierre Schaeffer (Service de recherche ORTF)
The Socrates
(Le Socrate)
Robert Lapoujade
- 1968
- France, Germany
- Surrealist fable
- 1h30mn
- French
- Color
Brand new master
A philosopher who has fled the world’s materialism sets out on a quest for truth. Policeman Lemmy starts an investigation on this eccentric thinker and little by little becomes his disciple.
A poetic visual folly, a collage of animation and live footage, The Socrates reveals Lapoujade’s gift for creating a scenery of the absurd. Echoing the politically charged aesthetic quest of Alphaville-era Godard or the early work of Jean-Patrick Manchette (who co-wrote the dialogue),it’s perhaps more aligned with the late 60s experimental inspiration of a Jean-Denis Bonan (Tristesse des anthropophages (Cannibal Sorrow)). And yet his alien sense of humor doesn't obfuscate his exploration of life as an apprenticeship for death, and on individual time measured against eternity. His editing’s astonishing loops admirably convey these torments.
Credits
- With : Pierre Luzan, René-Jean Chauffard, Martine Brochard, Stéphane Fay, Jean-Pierre Sentier...
- Screenplay : Robert Lapoujade, Colette Audry, Jean-Patrick Manchette
- Photography : Jean-Jacques Renon
- Editing : Jean Ravel
- Music by : Bernard Parmegiani
- Production : Claude Nedjar, Fanny Berchaux
Screenings
10/09 • 19h00 • Screen 100
Session presented by Christine Lapoujade
Session in partnership with the CNC
Because of the current social movement, we are unfortunately forced to cancel this screening
11/09 • 18h30 • Screen 100
Session presented by Christine Lapoujade
Session in partnership with the CNC
