Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque

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Organized mostly chronologically, the film presents the 40-year career of Henri Langlois (1914-1977), film's first archivist, and the creator of the Cinémathèque Française and Musée du Cinéma. Talking heads, film clips and stills, and archival interviews with Langlois trace his life from 1935, when he starts the Circle of Cinema film club. He begins to buy films, saving many from destruction. During World War II, he finds places to hide them. By mid-1944, the Cinémathè... (Full plot summary below)

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Organized mostly chronologically, the film presents the 40-year career of Henri Langlois (1914-1977), film's first archivist, and the creator of the Cinémathèque Française and Musée du Cinéma. Talking heads, film clips and stills, and archival interviews with Langlois trace his life from 1935, when he starts the Circle of Cinema film club. He begins to buy films, saving many from destruction. During World War II, he finds places to hide them. By mid-1944, the Cinémathèque has 50,000 films. He runs afoul of bureaucrats, but the New Wave comes to his defense. The museum opens in 1972. The film celebrates his philosophy and beliefs, personality and dedication, and his vision.

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TV Guide Magazine - 9/10 by Ken FoxAt a little over two hours, there's a lot of Langlois to digest. But cinephiles won't mind a bit: Richard includes tons of great anecdotes and clips from classic films that wouldn't exist if Langlois hadn't saved them.
New York Post - 9/10 by Lou LumenickIncludes insightful and often hilarious archival interviews with Langlois and dozens of associates, as well as wonderful footage of Langlois.
The New Republic - 8/10 by Stanley KauffmannJacques Richard has fashioned an adoring tribute to this wonderfully maniacal man.
Variety - 8/10 by Todd McCarthyA labor of love made over the course of seven years that crucially matches the energy and passion Langlois himself embodied, this deep-dish account of the life and times of the longtime head of the Cinematheque Francaise will enthrall buffs.
The New York Times - 8/10 by Dana StevensMr. Richard's film makes a persuasive case for Langlois as one of the most important figures in the history of film and therefore in the history of 20th-century art.
Village Voice - 8/10 by Michael AtkinsonWhile the astonishing street footage of "l'affaire Langlois"--perhaps more familiar to the French than to us--is where this exhaustive talking-heads portrait becomes beautifully, bafflingly surreal, the whole project, however conventional, has the allure of a communal embrace, a home movie of a motherland left irrevocably in the past.
San Francisco Chronicle - 8/10 by John McMurtrieA treat for anyone who's passionate about films or who's ever wanted to learn more about them.
Boston Globe - 8/10 by Wesley MorrisA sound piece of profiling that has miles of archival footage of the affable, pop-eyed Langlois enthusing.
The A.V. Club - 7/10 by Noel MurrayThough Phantom Of The Cinematheque is fascinating throughout, Richard squanders a chance to recreate one of those long Parisian nights where Langlois held court for his fellow movie buffs.
The Hollywood Reporter - 7/10 by Frank ScheckAn inspirational film for cinephiles everywhere.

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