Bibliograph

Chantal Akerman in the seventies, The New York films ; Je tu il elle ; Les rendez-vous d'Anna, Janus Films

Type

Label

Chantal Akerman in the seventies, The New York films ; Je tu il elle ; Les rendez-vous d'Anna, Janus Films

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Chantal Akerman in the seventies

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

499107051

Responsibility statement

Janus Films

Runtime

371

Series statement

Eclipse series 19, Chantal Akerman in the seventies

Sub title

The New York films ; Je tu il elle ; Les rendez-vous d'Anna

Summary

La chambre: The camera goes around the room three times, starting at a table, and slowly making its way 360 degrees around the roomHotel Monterey: Short film consisting entirely of shots of people walking in and out of a rundown New York hotelNews from home: Presents a series of abstract and fragmentary images of everyday urban life in 1970s New York City, accompanied by the distinctive narration of filmmaker Chantal Akerman as she dispassionately reads through her mother's alternately affectionate, melancholic, and sincere, but maternally manipulative letters from her native BelgiumJe tu il elle: Akerman's first feature-length film. A jittery young woman gradually gains experience and maturity in her travels around France. Sex, love, food and personal identity become intertwined as she sets out to define herself, her loves, and her desiresLes rendez-vous d'Anna: An independent woman film-maker journeys through Germany, Belgium, and France, meeting a stream of friends, lovers, relatives, and strangers, and passing through alienating landscapes of anonymous hotel rooms, train stations, and cinemas

Table Of Contents

Disc 1. La chambre ( 1972; 11 min. : si., col.) ; Hotel Monterey (1972; 62 min. : si., col.) ; News from home (1976; 86 min. : sd., col.) -- disc 2. Je tu il elle (1975; 82 min. : sd., b&w) - disc 3. Les rendez-vous d'Anna (1978; 122 min. : sd., col.)

Technique

live action

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