Bazin's Film
Pierre Hébert / Canada / 2017 / Czech Premiere / 70 min.
synopsis
Film theorist André Bazin yearned to shoot a film about the churches of the French province of Saintonge. Several decades later, Pierre Hébert presents a reconstruction of Bazin’s dream in an animated documentary film that is also a philosophical meditation on the relationship between architecture and cinema.
biography
Pierre Hébert (1944) is a Canadian filmmaker and visual artist who frequently collaborates with choreographers and musicians to create live visual performances. He also writes about film and art in books and magazines.
film details
| director: | Pierre Hébert |
| producer: | Pierre Hébert |
| photography: | Pierre Hébert |
contact
VIDÉOGRAPHE / Jade Wiseman / 4550 Garnier / H2J 3S7 / Montréal / Canada / +1 514 521 2116 / festival@videographe.org / www.videographe.org
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | A Testimony on Knowledge |
| format: | DCP |
| language: | French |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Pierre Hébert |
| original title: | Le film de Bazin |
| country: | Canada |
| year: | 2017 |
| running time: | 70 min. |
