Atlantic Man

director: Marguerite Duras

original title: L'homme atlantique

country: France

year: 1981

running time: 42 min.

synopsis

In the year of its premiere, Marguerite Duras published a warning in Le Monde that some viewers should flee as far as they could from this film. Others were not miss it at any cost. Who among us, then, is a suitable viewer for Marguerite Duras? Visually, the film is composed largely of darkness. It was not made for an audience who thinks someone is making films for them. It was made in complete ignorance of the fact that there is such a thing as an audience. The film’s form comes close to Duras’ concept of the ideal film, whereby we follow the artist's partner and hear her text.

biography

The writer, playwright, screenwriter, and eventually director entered the world of film in the second half of the 1950s. Initially, she adapted her own works or wrote original scripts. Her independent film directing work begins in the 1970s. She was a completely original artist who brought modernism to cinema.

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director:

Marguerite Duras

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