La Commune (Paris, 1871)
It’s not March 1871 but 1999, in Montreuil in the suburbs of Paris, in what used to be Georges Méliès’ studios.
“We ask you to imagine that it’s 17th March 1871”, announces Aurélia Petit, the film’s actress speaking as herself at the end of the prologue. The uniqueness and power of this film lie in this specifically Brechtian method, making a contract right from the start between the collective taking part in this adventure (and the words “collective” and “adventure” are used in their strongest sense) and us, the audience.
Here, as in Peter Watkins’ other films, the participative process initiated before shooting gives rise to speeches that resonate intensely with the times we’re living through right now. This is Watkins’ experimental and creative conception, rich with anachronisms, of history and politics as well as filmmaking. And with it, he makes us even more desperate to reopen cinemas and prolong the experience together…
Fabien David
Programmer of Cinéma Le Bourguet in Forcalquier
- Year 2000
- Pays France
- Durée 208
- Lien FilmDocumentaire http://www.film-documentaire.fr/4DACTION/w_fiche_film/7566_0
- Producteur 13 Productions, La Sept-Arte, Le Musée d'Orsay
- HD 1
- Langue French
- Sous-titres English
- Résumé court March 1871 – the birth of the Paris Commune. The communards organise themselves; the people express their dreams and indignation.
- Médiathèque 1
- Programmateur Fabien David|Programmateur du cinéma Le Bourguet de Forcalquier;
It’s not March 1871 but 1999, in Montreuil in the suburbs of Paris, in what used to be Georges Méliès’ studios.
“We ask you to imagine that it’s 17th March 1871”, announces Aurélia Petit, the film’s actress speaking as herself at the end of the prologue. The uniqueness and power of this film lie in this specifically Brechtian method, making a contract right from the start between the collective taking part in this adventure (and the words “collective” and “adventure” are used in their strongest sense) and us, the audience.
Here, as in Peter Watkins’ other films, the participative process initiated before shooting gives rise to speeches that resonate intensely with the times we’re living through right now. This is Watkins’ experimental and creative conception, rich with anachronisms, of history and politics as well as filmmaking. And with it, he makes us even more desperate to reopen cinemas and prolong the experience together…
Fabien David
Programmer of Cinéma Le Bourguet in Forcalquier
- Year 2000
- Pays France
- Durée 208
- Lien FilmDocumentaire http://www.film-documentaire.fr/4DACTION/w_fiche_film/7566_0
- Producteur 13 Productions, La Sept-Arte, Le Musée d'Orsay
- HD 1
- Langue French
- Sous-titres English
- Résumé court March 1871 – the birth of the Paris Commune. The communards organise themselves; the people express their dreams and indignation.
- Médiathèque 1
- Programmateur Fabien David|Programmateur du cinéma Le Bourguet de Forcalquier;
