Cinéma vérité
In the late 50s and early 60s, a handful of filmmakers swept aside the old tenets of the documentary cinema, tore up their scripts and took up a hand-held camera, thus ushering in a revolution called "cinéma vérité". What we see on television today stems in good measure from this upheaval. Cinéma vérité, Defining the Moment is the history of this visual revolution, explaining how it subsequently shaped the way we see and film the world around us. Cinéma vérité came into being in France, Canada, England and the United States at about the same time. A group of enthusiastic, dynamic and rebellious filmmakers, all admirers of the photography of Henri Cartier-Bresson, were the instigators of the movement. Director Peter Wintonick met the most notable of them. The way in which they work, with hand-held camera, and their steadfast desire to film reality as they saw it, transformed not only the documentary style, but the entire practice of motion pictures. Today, the influence of cinéma vérité is omnipresent : in the esthetics of video clips and reality shows, in films such as The Blair Witch Project and on the Internet. By placing the revolution of cinéma vérité in an international context, the director also recalls the major role played by the National Film Board of Canada in the development of this form. Retracing the path of its mentors, this film includes numerous excerpts from the classics of cinéma vérité, films that count among the most explosive, the most seminal films of the 20th century.
Canada - 1999 - 1 h 43 mn - Betacam - Colour and B&W
Réalisation
Peter Wintonick
Recherches
Kirwan Cox
Image
Francis Miquet
Son
Don Ayer
Montage
Marlo Miazga, Peter Wintonick
Musique
Jimmy James
Avec
Jean-Pierre Beauviala, Michel Brault, Gillian Caldwell, Robin Cowie, Robert Drew, Jennifer Fox, William Greaves, Gregg Hale, Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor, Barbara Kopple, Richard Leacock, Doug Leiterman, Terry Macartney-Filgate, Albert Maysles, D.A. Pennebaker, Pierre Perrault, Karel Reisz, Jean Rouch, Hope Ryden, Floria Sigismondi, Frederick Wiseman
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Production
Office National du Film du Canada,
3155 Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse, St-Laurent,
H4N 2N4 Montréal (Québec), Canada
Tél : +1 514 283 9805
Fax : +1 514 496 1895
E-mail : m.belisle@onf.ca
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Ventes
Office National du Film du Canada,
Programme international, Case po, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréa,
3155 Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse, St-Laurent,
H4N 2N4 Montréal (Québec), Canada
Tél : +1 514 283 9439
Fax : +1 514 496 1895
E-mail : j.leduc@onf.ca |
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