Real-life individuals discuss topics on society, happiness in the working class among others and with those testimonies the filmmakers create fictional moments based on their interviews. Later on, the individuals discuss the images created with their own words and see if the movie obtained their level of reality.... (Full plot summary below)
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Real-life individuals discuss topics on society, happiness in the working class among others and with those testimonies the filmmakers create fictional moments based on their interviews. Later on, the individuals discuss the images created with their own words and see if the movie obtained their level of reality.
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| User ReviewMark Wamazing doc on people in paris in 61. this film literally changed my life! |
| User ReviewKatrina RRare glimpse into the lives of those living in the past. |
| User ReviewX. TA landmark in the history of cinema. One of the most fascinating documentaries ever made. Rouch and Morin's sociological experiment follows a group of Parisians from various walks of life during the Algerian War. Like Man With a Movie Camera, this is a fully self reflexive documentary. The filmmakers do not seek to be invisible like the American direct cinema of Pennebaker, Maysles, Leacock, etc. but actively appear on camera to interact with the subjects of the film, even bringing many of these people together to socialize and reveal things about their lives (there's even a Jean Pierre Leaud lookalike). This gives the film a very intimate and warm atmosphere. One of the goals of the experiment as said by the filmmakers in the beginning was to see if people behaved differently in the presence of a camera, whether people behave normally or act. In the penultimate scene where the people watch scenes of themselves in the film, argumnents arise over whether the subjects were acting or exposed themselves too much to the camera, even the ones who are filmed are not sure if they were acting or not. The films leaves many unanswered questions of the ability for a film to represent a person truthfully, to capture reality. |
| User ReviewDaniel CI can't think of another filmmaker with such a conviction and earnest ethic sensibility toward his work, and relationship to the people he films, as Rouch. You can really tell when Rouch breaks away from Morin's structure in the last 3rd of the film, which is just gorgeous. One of the best films ever made. |
| User ReviewDavey MOne of the most probing searches for truth that documentary film has given us, with sequences of beauty and emotion to rival just about anything else on film. |
| User ReviewHenrik SBeyond being an "important" film for its technological and philosophical innovations, Jean Rouch's Chronique is more importantly a beautiful film, and there is wisdom to be gained from the candid, heartfelt reflections of ordinary Parisians, as recorded for posterity many summers ago. |
| User ReviewTimothy STaking important lessons from Vertov's techniques but not giving in to any of the earlier director's silly urges, this documentary stands as a fascinating search for human truth in the minutia of details it gathers as it wanders around Paris. Refreshingly self-reflexive and having no pretensions to portraying true actuality, this is a model of great film making. |
| User ReviewLuis UParis 1960 - Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin just made one of the most fascinated documentary of all time. As some might call it Cinema verite or Direct Cinema, the directors are not afraid to establish a certain atmosphere where the social actors can speak freely and naturally to create spontaneity. Highly recommend this film for documentary lovers out there! |
| User ReviewPatricio Gnotable..!! Todo comienza con la pregunta "Eres feliz" |
| User ReviewMatt WOhittaen kaikki merkkipaalun elokuvalliset ansiot totean vain yksinkertaisesti: elokuva on upea! Kaunis, pohdiskeleva ajankuva, joka on aina vain ajankohtainen. |
