Jane Birkin on Jacques Rivette: "I went to see Céline et Julie vont en bateau." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin are being celebrated in New York with 19 films and a series of conversations. After a screening of Agnès Varda's Jane B. Par Agnès V., Birkin spoke about working with Jacques Rivette on L’Amour Par Terre with Geraldine Chaplin, 36 Vues Du Pic Saint Loup, La Belle Noiseuse with Michel Piccoli, and taxidermy.
Claude Miller's L'Effrontée; Michel Gondry's The Science Of Sleep (La Science Des Rêves); Andrew Birkin's The Cement Garden; Yvan Attal's My Wife Is An Actress (Ma Femme Est Une Actrice); Birkin's Boxes (Les Boites); Claude Miller's The Little Thief (La Petite Voleuse); Varda's Kung Fu Master! (Le Petit Amour); Serge Gainsbourg's Charlotte For Ever; Jacques Doillon's The Prodigal Daughter (La Fille Prodigue); Bertrand Tavernier's Daddy Nostalgia...
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin are being celebrated in New York with 19 films and a series of conversations. After a screening of Agnès Varda's Jane B. Par Agnès V., Birkin spoke about working with Jacques Rivette on L’Amour Par Terre with Geraldine Chaplin, 36 Vues Du Pic Saint Loup, La Belle Noiseuse with Michel Piccoli, and taxidermy.
Claude Miller's L'Effrontée; Michel Gondry's The Science Of Sleep (La Science Des Rêves); Andrew Birkin's The Cement Garden; Yvan Attal's My Wife Is An Actress (Ma Femme Est Une Actrice); Birkin's Boxes (Les Boites); Claude Miller's The Little Thief (La Petite Voleuse); Varda's Kung Fu Master! (Le Petit Amour); Serge Gainsbourg's Charlotte For Ever; Jacques Doillon's The Prodigal Daughter (La Fille Prodigue); Bertrand Tavernier's Daddy Nostalgia...
- 2/2/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
French film director and close associate of François Truffaut
The film director Claude Miller, who has died aged 70 after a long illness, was continually dogged by comparisons to his friend and mentor François Truffaut. Hardly a review of his films failed to mention Truffaut in some way or another. This came about for various reasons. Miller was Truffaut's production manager on several occasions and made subtle references to the older director's work in many of his own films, almost always mentioning him in interviews. He had a small role in Truffaut's L'Enfant Sauvage (The Wild Child, 1970) and adapted La Petite Voleuse (The Little Thief, 1988) from a 30-page screenplay that Truffaut had written a few years before his death.
When Truffaut was once asked whether he had started a school of directors, he denied it. "These people are more influenced by other directors than myself. If Claude Miller has points in common with me,...
The film director Claude Miller, who has died aged 70 after a long illness, was continually dogged by comparisons to his friend and mentor François Truffaut. Hardly a review of his films failed to mention Truffaut in some way or another. This came about for various reasons. Miller was Truffaut's production manager on several occasions and made subtle references to the older director's work in many of his own films, almost always mentioning him in interviews. He had a small role in Truffaut's L'Enfant Sauvage (The Wild Child, 1970) and adapted La Petite Voleuse (The Little Thief, 1988) from a 30-page screenplay that Truffaut had written a few years before his death.
When Truffaut was once asked whether he had started a school of directors, he denied it. "These people are more influenced by other directors than myself. If Claude Miller has points in common with me,...
- 4/6/2012
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Award-winning French filmmaker Claude Miller has died, aged 70.
The writer/director had been ill for some time when he passed away on Wednesday.
His most popular films included La Petite Voleuse and L’Effrontee, which featured Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Miller made his first film in the mid-1970s and picked up the jury prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for Class Trip.
His acclaimed 1981 movie Garde a vue was revamped by Hollywood in 2000 as Under Suspicion, starring Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman.
His final film, an adaptation of Francois Mauriac’s novel Therese Desqueyroux, will be released later this year.
The writer/director had been ill for some time when he passed away on Wednesday.
His most popular films included La Petite Voleuse and L’Effrontee, which featured Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Miller made his first film in the mid-1970s and picked up the jury prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for Class Trip.
His acclaimed 1981 movie Garde a vue was revamped by Hollywood in 2000 as Under Suspicion, starring Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman.
His final film, an adaptation of Francois Mauriac’s novel Therese Desqueyroux, will be released later this year.
- 4/5/2012
- WENN
"French film director, producer and screenwriter Claude Miller, whose works include The Best Way to Walk [Le meilleur facon de marcher, 1976] and Class Trip [La classe de neige, 1998], has died aged 70," reports the Afp. "'A sad day, Claude Miller is dead,' tweeted the Cannes Film Festival, at which Miller was awarded the special jury prize in 1998 for Class Trip. Among other renowed works by the filmmaker are La Petite Voleuse (The Little Thief [1988]) which starred Charlotte Gainsbourg; Garde a Vue (Custody) in 1981; and Mortelle Randonnee (Mortal Circuit) in 1983."
Just a couple of weeks ago, Jonathan Rosenbaum posted his 1994 review of The Accompanist (1992): "Miller started out promisingly as an assistant to some key French filmmakers during the 60s, including Robert Bresson (Au hasard Balthazar), Jacques Demy (Les demoiselles de Rochefort), and Jean-Luc Godard (Weekend). He then served as production manager or production supervisor on Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her and La chinoise and no...
Just a couple of weeks ago, Jonathan Rosenbaum posted his 1994 review of The Accompanist (1992): "Miller started out promisingly as an assistant to some key French filmmakers during the 60s, including Robert Bresson (Au hasard Balthazar), Jacques Demy (Les demoiselles de Rochefort), and Jean-Luc Godard (Weekend). He then served as production manager or production supervisor on Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her and La chinoise and no...
- 4/5/2012
- MUBI
Thursday was a sad day for France’s film community when it was confirmed that famed director Claude Miller died after a long illness. The director, writer and producer died Wednesday. He was 70. Miller boasted an extensive filmography of 16 feature films including La Petite Voleuse and L’Effrontee that featured a young Charlotte Gainsbourg. Before heading behind the camera himself, Miller worked for several notable New Wave directors like Jacques Demy, Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. He made his first film The Best Way to Walk in 1976 before sauntering his way through France’s cinema business with a series
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- 4/5/2012
- by Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film-maker best known for film starring a young Charlotte Gainsbourg as a teenage serial thief has died
The French film director Claude Miller, best known for L'Effrontée and La Petite Voleuse, both featuring a young Charlotte Gainsbourg, has died aged 70.
Before becoming a director himself, Miller worked for a number of noted new wave directors: he acted as assistant director on Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar, Jacques Demy's Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, and Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend, before becoming production manager for a string of films by François Truffaut, including Bed and Board, Day for Night and The Story of Adele H.
With Truffaut's encouragement, Miller moved into a higher profile role, making his directorial debut in 1976 with The Best Way to Walk. His first significant success, however, was the multi-award-winning police procedural thriller Garde à Vue, with Lino Ventura and Michel Serrault.
In the mid-80s, Miller...
The French film director Claude Miller, best known for L'Effrontée and La Petite Voleuse, both featuring a young Charlotte Gainsbourg, has died aged 70.
Before becoming a director himself, Miller worked for a number of noted new wave directors: he acted as assistant director on Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar, Jacques Demy's Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, and Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend, before becoming production manager for a string of films by François Truffaut, including Bed and Board, Day for Night and The Story of Adele H.
With Truffaut's encouragement, Miller moved into a higher profile role, making his directorial debut in 1976 with The Best Way to Walk. His first significant success, however, was the multi-award-winning police procedural thriller Garde à Vue, with Lino Ventura and Michel Serrault.
In the mid-80s, Miller...
- 4/5/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
DVD Release Date: Jan. 3, 2012
Price: DVD $27.99
Studio: Strand Releasing
Vincent Rottiers deals with the pain in I'm Glad That My Mother Is Alive.
Co-directors Claude Miller (The Little Thief, Alias Betty) and his son Nathan Miller explore childhood trauma and its consequences on adult life in the 2009 French drama film I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive.
Based on a true story, the movie follows the life of Thomas (Vincent Rottiers), a troubled teenager who was given up for adoption as a toddler and is now obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. After years of searching, Thomas finds her and discovers that she is single, has a small child and lives in a nearby suburb. Traumatized by years of emptiness and longing for his mother, he introduces himself and starts an ambiguous relationship with her (part courtship, part obsession) that slowly drives him to an act of madness.
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Price: DVD $27.99
Studio: Strand Releasing
Vincent Rottiers deals with the pain in I'm Glad That My Mother Is Alive.
Co-directors Claude Miller (The Little Thief, Alias Betty) and his son Nathan Miller explore childhood trauma and its consequences on adult life in the 2009 French drama film I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive.
Based on a true story, the movie follows the life of Thomas (Vincent Rottiers), a troubled teenager who was given up for adoption as a toddler and is now obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. After years of searching, Thomas finds her and discovers that she is single, has a small child and lives in a nearby suburb. Traumatized by years of emptiness and longing for his mother, he introduces himself and starts an ambiguous relationship with her (part courtship, part obsession) that slowly drives him to an act of madness.
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- 11/30/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Every year the American Film Market (Afm) releases a heap of new images from upcoming films and thanks to the Collider we’re treated to the first images from French actress Audrey Tautou’s new movie Therese D. Based upon the novel of the same name by author and Nobel Prize winner Laureate François Mauriac , Therese D is to be directed by French filmmaker Claude Miller (The Little Thief).
Here’s the synopsis for the Therese D:
France, late 1920’s. Lovely and free-spirited, Thérèse marries her neighbor Bernard Desqueyroux, thus joining their respective properties in one vast estate. Bernard tolerates his brilliant, passionate young wife’s strong character and opinions, but she soon finds herself suffocated by the boredom of her provincial life and her husband’s intellectual mediocrity. She dreams of Paris, longs for stimulation and culture and, despite herself, starts to seek a way out. Until the day...
Here’s the synopsis for the Therese D:
France, late 1920’s. Lovely and free-spirited, Thérèse marries her neighbor Bernard Desqueyroux, thus joining their respective properties in one vast estate. Bernard tolerates his brilliant, passionate young wife’s strong character and opinions, but she soon finds herself suffocated by the boredom of her provincial life and her husband’s intellectual mediocrity. She dreams of Paris, longs for stimulation and culture and, despite herself, starts to seek a way out. Until the day...
- 11/15/2010
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
- Charlotte Gainsbourg reached news depths in her ultra risky role (complete nudity and some hand gestures) in the must talked about film on the Croisette this year (Antichrist). The jury mostly comprised of female actresses obviously saw something that was striking in the perf. Thanking her father last - she mentioned that "she hopes (her father) would have been happy to have been shocked." Here is Gainsbourg's career so far. Persecution (2008), directed by Patrice Chéreau I’m not there (2007), directed by Todd HaynesThe golden door (2007) directed by Emanuele CrialesePrête-moi ta main (How to Get Married and Stay Single, 2006) directed by Eric LartigauThe science of sleep (2006), directed by Michel Gondryl’un reste, l’autre part (One Stays, the Other Leaves, 2004) directed by Claude BerriIls se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d’enfants (They Lived Happily Ever After, 2004) directed by Yvan Attal21 grams (2004), directed by Alejandro González IñárrituMa femme est une actrice (My Wife Is an Actress,
- 5/24/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
The Nw Film Center along with the Institute for Judaic Studies brings you the 17th Annual Portland Jewish Film Festival.
The big film this year might just be another chance to see Waltz with Bashir on the big screen. Some feel this was the best animated film of 2008 … yes, even better than Wall-e. Others think it was the top documentary.
Here’s a complete list of films … each is single admission.
April 16 Thur 7 Pm
Max, Minsky And Me
Germany 2007
Director: Anna Justice
Nelly, a precocious 12-year-old, lives in Berlin with her German Christian dad and American Jewish mom, who is very eager for Nelly to crack down on her bat mitzvah studies. But her twin obsessions—astronomy and her distant fantasy heartthrob, 16-year-old Edouard, Prince of Luxembourg and fellow stargazer—occupy all of her time. Nor is she much interested in the simple-minded girls’ basketball team, which fills the lives of her schoolmates.
The big film this year might just be another chance to see Waltz with Bashir on the big screen. Some feel this was the best animated film of 2008 … yes, even better than Wall-e. Others think it was the top documentary.
Here’s a complete list of films … each is single admission.
April 16 Thur 7 Pm
Max, Minsky And Me
Germany 2007
Director: Anna Justice
Nelly, a precocious 12-year-old, lives in Berlin with her German Christian dad and American Jewish mom, who is very eager for Nelly to crack down on her bat mitzvah studies. But her twin obsessions—astronomy and her distant fantasy heartthrob, 16-year-old Edouard, Prince of Luxembourg and fellow stargazer—occupy all of her time. Nor is she much interested in the simple-minded girls’ basketball team, which fills the lives of her schoolmates.
- 4/2/2009
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
- Quick Links > Julia > Tilda Swinton > John Cassavetes It’s time again to crank up the Remake Machine (or Reinterpretation Machine) as Tilda Swinton and director Erick Zonca ready Julia, a film ‘inspired’ by John Cassavetes' late great Gloria. The road movie, about a woman who uses a young boy to extort money from the mob, will be Zonca’s American directorial debut. The film is slated to start shooting in mid-October, with Los Angeles and Mexico its chief settings. Zonca made a splash back in 1998 with his feature length directorial debut Le Vie revee des anges (The Dreamlife of Angels). He followed that film up with 1999’s Le petit voleur (The Little Thief), which was well-reviewed but not the overwhelming success Dreamlife of Angels was. Since then, he’s been practically dormant, being credited only once since as a co-writer of Virginie Wagon’s Le Secret
- 8/30/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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