Tag Archives: Jean Rouch

KELLY REICHARDT IN CONVERSATION

This week in Santa Monica, Kelly Reichardt will present her highly anticipated new film FIRST COW and participate in a post-screening discussion.

As part of the American Cinematheque’s salute to the filmmaker, additional screenings include a double-bill of OLD JOY (2006) and RIVER OF GRASS (1994), introduced by the director.

On Sunday, Kenji Mizoguchi’s UGETSU (1953)—a film that inspired Reichardt’s new work—will screen with Jean Rouch’s PETIT À PETIT (1970).

OLD JOY and RIVER OF GRASS

Thursday, February 27, at 7:30 pm.

FIRST COW

Friday, February 28, at 7:30 pm.

UGETSU and PETIT À PETIT

Sunday, March 1, at 7:30 pm.

Aero Theatre

1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica.

Kelly Reichardt, First Cow (2020), from top: John Magaro; Orion Lee (left) and Magaro; U.S. poster; Toby Jones; Magaro. Images courtesy and © the filmmaker and A24.

ACÉPHALE AT CINEFAMILY

“There were some joyful moments in 1968, feast-like, maybe Dyonisian here and there, but mainly we were serious and grave, first because we hated the greasy laugh of our elders, but also because we could not get satisfaction.” — Patrick Deval, director of ACÉPHALE*

As part of its Zanzibar Films series, Cinefamily presents a rare screening of ACÉPHALE, a 1968 feature that documents the lives of young Parisians navigating the immediate aftermath of May ’68. One translation of its title—taken from Georges Bataille’s journal—indicates the need to move beyond rational thought:

“I became a bit radical in my refusal of Western civilization, constantly raving about the end of the white man. Rouch was closer to this view, becoming himself a joyful African in the oral tradition. But that was not so far from Rimbaud, Artaud, or Gauguin when he decided to ‘ensavage’ himself.” — Deval*

ACÉPHALE will be preceded by a screening of Serge Bard’s DETRUISEZ-VOUS.

ACÉPHALE, Saturday, August 26, at 6 pm.

CINEFAMILY, 611 North Faifax Avenue, Los Angeles.

cinefamily.org/films/zanzibar/

Image: Scene from Acéphale.

See Deval’s interview in Senses of Cinema:

Deval in ’68: An Interview with Patrick Deval

2015