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Post by london777 on Mar 25, 2021 16:52:30 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 25, 2021 17:00:31 GMT
He will be missed. I have seen 3 movies he directed. In order, one I loved, one I hated, and one I was Meh on:
Coup De Torchon (Clean Slate) / Bertrand Tavernier (1981)
In The Electric Mist / Bertrand Tavernier (2009)
La Princesse De Montpeniser / Bernard Tavernier (2010)
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Post by london777 on Mar 25, 2021 17:56:11 GMT
It was his Laissez-passer (Safe Conduct) (2002) which re-awakened my interest in French movies pre-dating the Nouvelle Vague.
I also liked Coup de Torchon (1981) and disliked In the Electric Mist (2009).
I bought his My Journey Through French Cinema (2016) hoping it would be a potted history for newbies such as myself, but was disappointed to find it is a random selection of (sometimes catty) observations and appreciations, treating some topics in detail and omitting other important figures and themes altogether. I appreciated it more once I had watched or re-watched many of the films discussed.
I could not get past the first ten minutes of 'Round Midnight (1986). I need subtitles for the ebonics. Also I stopped liking jazz once I grew up, which did not help.
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Post by spiderwort on Mar 25, 2021 18:00:20 GMT
Oh, a sad day. I especially loved his beautiful, elegiac masterwork, A Sunday in the Country (1984).
May he rest in peace.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 25, 2021 18:04:10 GMT
R. I. P.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 25, 2021 18:49:32 GMT
Oh, a sad day. I especially loved his beautiful, elegiac masterwork, A Sunday in the Country (1984). May he rest in peace. That is probably my favourite.
I remember also liking La Vie et Rien d'Autre (1989) and Capitaine Conan (1996) a lot.
R.I.P.
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Post by teleadm on Mar 25, 2021 18:54:39 GMT
R.I.P. Bertrand Tavenier
 La fille de d'Artagnan aka The Daughter of d'Artangan 1994. While not great, it was a very entertaining continuation of the Musketeers saga, comedy and action mix, and for once the Musketeers speaks French.
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Post by london777 on Mar 25, 2021 19:08:46 GMT
Oh, a sad day. I especially loved his beautiful, elegiac masterwork, A Sunday in the Country (1984). May he rest in peace. Thanks, spider. You have reminded me to put it on my acquisitions list.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 25, 2021 20:41:41 GMT
Oh, a sad day. I especially loved his beautiful, elegiac masterwork, A Sunday in the Country (1984). May he rest in peace. I'll look out for this movie. Thanks.
R.I.P.
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Post by Rufus-T on Mar 25, 2021 21:21:35 GMT
Someone started a thread here on him not long ago. Like I said in that thread, I only saw Beatrice. I have 'Round Midnight and In the Electric Mist somewhere, but never got around to them. RIP.
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Post by spiderwort on Mar 25, 2021 22:38:47 GMT
london777 and petrolinoSo glad to be able to introduce you to this film. I love it. It's so beautifully done and thematically significant. To say nothing of Tavernier's beautiful cinematic style. The camera almost never stops moving, but in a quiet, graceful way that's always in the service of the story. Couldn't find a trailer, but here's Roger Ebert's review, if you're interested, though you may want to save most of it until you've seen the film. A Sunday in the Country
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Post by petrolino on Mar 26, 2021 0:31:55 GMT
london777 and petrolino So glad to be able to introduce you to this film. I love it. It's so beautifully done and thematically significant. To say nothing of Tavernier's beautiful cinematic style. The camera almost never stops moving, but in a quiet, graceful way that's always in the service of the story. Couldn't find a trailer, but here's Roger Ebert's review, if you're interested, though you may want to save most of it until you've seen the film. A Sunday in the Country
I'm glad you mention camera movement. I think a fine visual composition in cinema is often appreciated, like a painting, but it also takes great technique to pull off a shot like the opening tracking shots in 'Touch Of Evil' (1958) and 'The Player' (1992). The older I get, the more I appreciate filmmakers for the audacity of their craftsmanship, in a world where most filmmakers choose to take the easy shot over the hard one. I'm the same with music, I like the mechanics, and the stretching of mechanics (an element of risk).
I'll bookmark this link for now as I'll look into availability and options (the blu-ray listed on Amazon UK is pretty steep in price), thanks. I recall some of Roger Ebert's words in one of his final pieces on the work of Bertrand Tavernier, a review of 'The Princess Of Montpensier' (I like this movie, as did he), I think published in 2011 :
"Bertrand Tavernier's career has been a celebration of many kinds of films. He began in 1974 with "The Clockmaker," one of the best films ever made from a Simenon novel, and has made films about war ("Coup de Torchon"), jazz ("Round Midnight"), biography ("Daddy Nostalgia" with Dirk Bogarde), an old artist ("A Sunday in the Country"), young cops ("L. 627") and French filmmaking under the Nazis ("Safe Conduct"). He is one of the most prolific and generous of directors, and there is no word that summarizes a "Tavernier film," except, usually, masterful."
- Roger Ebert
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