Chronicle of a Summer (1961)

Review: Chronicle of a Summer (1961)

Director: Jean Rouch

Cast: Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Marilù Parolini, Jean-Pierre Sergent,

Edgar Morin
Edgar Morin
Jean Rouch
Jean Rouch
Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Marilù Parolini
Marilù Parolini
Jean-Pierre Sergent
Jean-Pierre Sergent

Plot: Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.

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Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin, <i>cinema verite</i> and the problem of “actuality”

Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin, cinema verite and the problem of “actuality”

The late ’50s saw the biggest technology-based shift in movies since the coming of sound (the next big shift would be the arrival of digital technology several decades later). New highly portable equipment not only altered the way movies […]

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