Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier (1941) is a French director, producer and critic. Tavernier started out as an assistant director to Jean-Pierre Melville on Léon Morin, prêtre (1961). His debut film was L’horloger de Saint-Paul (1974) which also marked the beginning of his long collaboration with actor Philippe Noiret. His filmography comprises a wide range of films, including La vie et rien d’autre, which won a BAFTA award in 1990, and Un dimanche à la campagne (1984). As a critic, Tavernier wrote articles for Cahiers du Cinéma in the 1960s. He published 50 ans de cinéma Américain (1991) and Amis Américains (1993), a collection of interviews with American filmmakers and screenwriters. He is the president of the Institute Lumière, which aims to preserve film culture in France.

Kaartlezen met Raoul Peck
Bertrand Tavernier, 2012
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17.02.2016
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Pecks werk heeft iets fysieks, een gevoel van gewelddadige confrontatie. Deze confrontatie is er een tussen regisseur en z’n subject(en), maar misschien ook in het binnenste van een man die verscheurd wordt door verschillende culturen en verschillende soorten cinema, waarbij hij elk van die soorten hanteert als een geheim wapen.

Mapping Raoul Peck
Bertrand Tavernier, 2012
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17.02.2016
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There is a physical side to his work, the sense of violent confrontation. A confrontation between the director and his subject(s), but also perhaps confrontation in the inner depths of a man torn amid several cultures and several kinds of cinema, using each one of them as a secret weapon.

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