Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
Ángel Díaz’s documentary The Lost Sorrows of Jean Eustache, concentrates on Eustache as cinematic thinker and archivist of his own life. Actors read texts written by Eustache, including the following reflection: “The role of the author in cinema should be one of non-intervention.” This sentence reminds us that he belongs to the greatest of film traditions (he cites Griffith, Renoir, Dreyer, and Lang as his models), the one that sees cinema as a matter of placing the camera in front of reality and capturing it ardently, precisely, and without tricks.
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13 people
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Self
Known for
The 400 Blows
Masculin Féminin
Françoise Lebrun
Self
Known for
Vortex
The Book of Solutions
Boris Eustache
Self
Also in
Alix's Pictures
Employment Offer
Sylvie Durastanti
Self
Jean-Michel Barjol
Self
Also in
Les yeux de l'été
Henri Martinez
Self
Known for
My Little Loves
Jean Eustache
Self (archival footage)
Known for
The American Friend
Odette Robert
Self (archival footage)
Martin Loeb
Self (archival footage)
Known for
My Little Loves
Playing with Love
Yvan Gaillard
(voice)
Philippe Théaudière
(voice)
Jean-Pierre Ruh
(voice)
Also in
En répétant Perceval
Angel Díez Director · Yvan Gaillard Editor
First release May 14, 1997 · Produced in France · Production La Sept-Arte
Production
Les Films du Poisson
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La Sept-Arte
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France
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Original title
La Peine perdue de Jean Eustache
Original language
French
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French
Release dates
France · May 14, 1997
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