For listeners of
Projection privée the weekly radio show offers bountiful pleasures. Obviously
some weeks are better than others with certain topics being more interesting
and familiar, which is something that also applies to its guest. But when it’s great
there’s nothing like it. The knowledge and thoughtfulness of the speakers have
no comparison. For example in the last two weeks of Michel Ciment’s show the
guests included: the MacMahonien Michel Mourlet (with his warmth and old age
lisp), the Noël Herpe (one of the
greatest film critics on Marcel Carné.
Ciné-reporter 1929-1934), my favorite Pierre Berthomieu, Christian Viviani, Bertrand Benoliel and N.T.
Binh. The knowledge, debates, opinions, stories, charisma, casualness,
arguments, counter-arguments, music, references (and the list goes on!) makes
one envious since the Anglo-Saxon film culture has no equivalent. These one hour
podcast offer a simple yet fulfilling pleasure: cinema matters, there’s still lots to know, and let’s have fun while
we’re at it. Follow the link embedded titles for a listen: Spécial John Huston and Michel Mourlet.
Oh! And to not
totally go over to the Positif side,
here is a great recent (four-part) interview with Stéphane Delorme and Joachim
Lepastier on the subject of Cahiers du Cinéma today.
It’s a tie game
between the two of them right now. Let’s see which one takes the lead with
their upcoming July/August double-issue feature.
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