Bazin's Film

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. 

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