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Felicia is joined by Calvin Kemph to discuss Catholic guilt and philosophy through the character’s in My Night at Maud’s (Éric Rohmer 1970).

We chat about how important it is that this film was shot in black and white and how this story could also fit within his tale of four season series.

This marks the end of the Rohmer series, one that I felt such a great delight in putting together and had some of the best conversations on the show so far. I hope you’re inspired to tackle the rest of his filmography because I truly believe there is a Rohmer film out there for everybody.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - are you satisfied with our protagonist’s ending? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com

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ÉRIC ROHMER’S SIX MORAL TALES – THE DIRECTOR AS AN AUTHOR IN THE FRENCH NEW WAVE: Éric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales – The Director as an Author in the French New Wave – The Twin Geeks

Sources:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/436-my-night-at-maud-s-chances-are

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2005/cteq/my_night_at_mauds/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/feature-articles/choice-and-chance-a-dialectic-of-morality-and-romance-in-eric-rohmers-my-night-at-mauds/

https://postmodernpelican.com/2020/02/22/my-night-at-mauds-1969/

OUTRO SONG:
The Partisan by Leonard Cohen

FILMS MENTIONED:
The People’s Joker (Vera Drew 2002)
Claire’s Knee (Éric Rohmer 1971)
Claire’s Camera (Hong Sang-soo 2017)
A Fire (Christian Petzold 2023)
Poetry (Lee Chang-dong 2010)
Burning (Lee Chang-dong 2018)
Secret Sunshine (Lee Chang-dong 2007)
Conte d’hiver (Éric Rohmer 1992)
Cléo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda 1962)
Le bonheur (Agnès Varda 1965)
Uncle Yanco (Agnès Varda 1967)
The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer 1986)
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1972)
The Tenant (Roman Polanski 1976)
Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman 1963)

Felicia is joined by Duran Aziz to discuss Éric Rohmer’s foray to the medieval era in Perceval (1978).

We chat about the incredibly unique set design and Rohmer’s desire to create a space that would be a reflection of paintings from that era.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - are you satisfied with our protagonist’s ending? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com

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Sources:
https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2017/cteq/perceval-le-gallois/#fnref-29831-2

https://decentfilms.com/reviews/perceval

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/feature-articles/the-tale-of-perceval-le-gallois-and-the-young-althusserians/

https://www.avclub.com/a-french-master-found-droll-comedy-in-one-of-the-earlie-1843630606

OUTRO SONG:
Six Queens by Larrikin Love

FILMS MENTIONED:
Star Wars (George Lucas 1977)
The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin 1940)
My Night at Maud’s (Éric Rohmer 1970)
Pauline at the Beach (Éric Rohmer 1983)
The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer 1986)
Love in the Afternoon (Éric Rohmer 1972)
Claire’s Knee (Éric Rohmer 1970)
The Aviator’s Wife (Éric Rohmer 1981)
The Marquise of O (Éric Rohmer 1976)
Catherine de Heilbronn (Éric Rohmer 1980)
Lancelot du lac (Robert Bresson 1974)
A Tale of Winter (Éric Rohmer 1992)
The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Éric Rohmer 1963)
Suzanne's Career (Éric Rohmer 1963)
Juliet of the Spirits (Federico Fellini 1965)
Lars von Trier (Dogville 2003)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1919)

Felicia is joined by Frieda Beckerman to discuss Éric Rohmer’s film about a woman facing vacation ennui, in The Green Ray (1986).

We chat about how he created a character whose small problems we can all relate to, and why the multiple settings in France are imperative to the film’s energy..

Send us your thoughts on the episode - have you read The Green Ray? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com

Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/04/green-ray-rayon-vert-review-eric-rohmer

https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/about-the-green-ray-of-jules-verne-and-eric-rohmer/

https://tmff.net/an-analysis-of-the-green-ray-1986/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/feature-articles/following-the-law-of-ones-own-being-the-crying-woman-in-the-green-ray/

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/close-up-on-eric-rohmers-the-green-ray-an-interview-with-marie-riviere

OUTRO SONG:
No Aloha - The Breeders

FILMS MENTIONED:
Working Girl (Mike Nichols 1988)
Autumn Tale (Éric Rohmer 1998)
Pauline at the Beach (Éric Rohmer 1983)
Borat (Larry Charles 2006)
To The Ends of the Earth (Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2019)
Summertime (David Lean 1955)

Felicia is joined by Nathan Cowles to discuss Éric Rohmer’s first film in his A Tale of Four Season series, about a man being tossed around by three different women in A Summer’s Tale (1996).

We chat about Rohmer’s way of writing women, his choice to work with a woman cinematographer and how that lends to a unique gaze behind the camera. Along with the importance of the script and the quiet moments that expose the protagonists inner truth.

This is the Rohmer series opener and I’m beyond excited to share this series with you - we’ve got four great guests to cover a wide range of Rohmer’s work this month - I hope you follow along!

Send us your thoughts on the episode - are you satisfied with our protagonist’s ending? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com

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Sources:
https://agoodmovietowatch.com/a-summers-tale-1996/

https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/a-summer-s-tale-1200445995/#!

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/dangling-man-close-up-on-eric-rohmers-a-summers-tale

https://www.criterion.com/films/29650-a-tale-of-summer

https://cinemasentries.com/a-summers-tale-movie-review-dissecting-love-and-sex-with-philosophical-precision/

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/movies/a-summers-tale-from-eric-rohmers-seasons-cycle.html

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8387-eric-rohmer-s-tales-of-the-four-seasons-another-year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHoU9_3pmq4&t=128s&ab_channel=TIFFOriginals

OUTRO SONG:
Fille de corsaire by Sebastien Erms

FILMS MENTIONED:
A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick 1972)
Eraserhead (David Lynch 1978)
Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino 2009)
Funny Games (Michael Haneke 1997)
My Night at Maud’s (Éric Rohmer 1970)
The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer 1986)
Suzanne’s Career (Éric Rohmer 1963)
Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard 1961)
Call Me By Your Name (Luca Luca Guadagnino 2017)
Aftersun (Charlotte Wells 2022)
The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Éric Rohmer 1963)
Claire’s Knee (Éric Rohmer 1971)
La belle noiseuse (Jacques Rivette 1991)
The Fifth Seal (Zoltán Fábri 1976)
Design For Living (Ernst Lubitsch 1933)
Les amours imaginaires (Xavier Dolan 2010)
Mommy (Xavier Dolan 2014)
Tom at the Farm (Xavier Dolan 2015)

Felicia is joined by Peter Merriman to discuss Yasujirō Ozu’s tale about aging parents and their relationships with their older children, in Tokyo Story (1953).

We chat about why Japan original didn’t think they could market this film in North America, and how it eventually became one of the most universal film texts that audiences continue to relate to.

This mark’s the end of the Ozu series, it was an honour and beautiful experience revisiting and watching some of his films for the first time in preparation. There is an Ozu film out there for everyone, and I hope you find it and it changes your life.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - do you prefer Ozu’s colour or black and white film era? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com

Sources:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/301-tokyo-story-compassionate-detachment

https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/371-rashaad-ernesto-green-s-top-10

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/31/tokyo-story-review-yasujiro-ozu

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/ozu/

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520396722/directed-by-yasujiro-ozu

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520296817/transcendental-style-in-film

https://www.enotes.com/topics/yasujiro-ozu/critical-essays/lindsay-anderson

OUTRO SONG:
Tokyo Story Theme by Takanobu Saitô

FILMS MENTIONED:
The American Friend (Wim Wenders 1977)
The Holdovers (Alexander Payne 2023)
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet 2023)
Barbie (Greta Gerwig 2023)
Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan 2023)
Tenet (Christopher Nolan 2020)
Dune: Part 2 (Denis Villeneuve 2024)
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (Guy Maddin 2015)
Justice League (Zack Snyder 2021)
Dawn of the Dead (Zack Snyder 2004)
An Autumn Aftenoon (Yasujirō Ozu 1964)
Late Spring (Yasujirō Ozu 1949)
Make Way For Tomorrow (Leo McCarey 1937)
Tokyo Twilight (Yasujirō Ozu 1957)
I Was Born, But… (Yasujirō Ozu 1932)
Tokyo-ga (Wim Wenders 1985)
Sans Soleil (Chris Marker 1983)
A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson 1957)
Mommie Dearest (Frank Perry 1981)
Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade 2016)
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders 1984)
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman 1957)

Felicia is joined by Bryan Loomis (from What a Picture Podcast) to discuss Yasujirō Ozu’s silent comedy about two brothers who begin to see their father in a new light.

Send us your thoughts on the episode - do you prefer Ozu’s silent or talkies era? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com

Listen to our previous episode:
All The President’s Men (D.O.P. Gordon Willis 1976)

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Sources:
https://www.highonfilms.com/i-was-born-but-1932-ozu/

http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/i-was-born-but/

https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/2020/02/17/sublime-tragicomedy-i-was-born-but-1932/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/i-was-born-but/

https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/i-was-born-but-2023-06

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/movies/25iwas.html

OUTRO SONG:
Birthday by The Sugarcubes

FILMS MENTIONED:
All The President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula 1976)
Perfect Days (Wim Wenders 2023)
Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray 1955)
Horse Money (Pedro Costa 2014)
Trust (Hal Hartley 1990)
Late Spring (Yasujirô Ozu 1949)
Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu 1953)
Walk Cheerfully (Yasujirô Ozu 1930)
Good Morning (Yasujirô Ozu 1959)
Early Summer (Yasujirô Ozu 1951)
Autumn Afternoon (Yasujirô Ozu 1962)
Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch 1932)
Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig 2017)
Miracle in Milan (Vittorio De Sica 1951)
Housekeeping (Bill Forsyth 1987)