Electra Revisited: On Claire Denis’ 35 rhums José Sarmiento June 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film “O pardon the one who knocks for pardon at your gate, father – your hound-bitch, daughter, friend. It was my love that did us both to death.” - Sylvia Plath, “Electra on Azalea Path” (1) An opening ...
No Fear, No Die Gwendolyn Audrey Foster June 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film One never forgets Bresson. Admiration is a very complicated thing. It’s like alchemy; you admire something and then one day you realise that this admiration has permeated your skin. You don’t have to say, “Am I...
White Material Marcin Wisniewski June 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film One could say that sound has always featured as an important element in the work of Claire Denis. Her 1999 Beau travail is a choreographed dance set to various pieces of music. However, it is not until Vendredi...
The Intruder Kath Dooley June 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film In an interview following the Toronto Film Festival screening of L’intrus (The Intruder, 2004), Claire Denis remarked that her films are sometimes unbalanced: “They have a limp, or one arm shorter than the othe...
Gestures of Intimacy: Claire Denis’ I Can’t Sleep Saige Walton June 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film No doubt those who are familiar with Claire Denis’ work will be well aware of how her films are invested in and expressive of the material connections that unite and divide bodies in the world. Similarly, in he...
Denis, Claire Samantha Dinning April 2009 Great Directors b. 1948 Paris, France Filmography Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources When you look at the hills, beyond the houses and beyond the trees, where the earth touches the sky, that’s the horizon...
Dancing Reveals So Much: An Interview with Claire Denis Darren Hughes April 2009 Conversations on Film Denis discusses her recent feature, 35 Shots of Rum, a film inspired by Yasujiro Ozu’s Late Spring, and, as Hughes puts it, “a love story – or, in fact, several love stories – told in small gestures and commonplace tragedies”.
Jacques Rivette – Le veilleur Paul Grant February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Jacques Rivette - Le veilleur/Jacques Rivette – The Night Watchman (1990 France 125 mins) Prod Co: Arte Prod: Janine Bazin, André S. Labarthe Dir: Claire Denis, Serge Daney Phot: Agnès Godard Ed: Dominiq...
Beau travail Tamara Tracz February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Beau travail (1999 France 90 mins) Prod Co: Le Sept-Arte/SM Films/Tanaïs Productions Prod: Patrick Grandperret, Jérôme Minet Dir: Claire Denis Scr: Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, based on Herman Melvill...
Claire Denis by Martine Beugnet John Orr October 2005 Book Reviews Martine Beugnet's study of Claire Denis is a highlight of the lively Manchester series on French film directors, and well worth an uninterrupted read from cover to cover. Ending with a full critique of Vendredi...
L’Intrus: An Interview with Claire Denis Damon Smith April 2005 Conversations with Filmmakers Acclaimed filmmaker Claire Denis discusses her new feature and the evolving æsthetics of her art.
