Luc Moullet
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Luc Moullet | |
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 Luc Moullet in 2009 | |
| Born | 14 October 1937 Paris, France |
| Citizenship | French |
| Occupation(s) | Film critic, director, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Notable work | Brigitte et Brigitte |
| Movement | French New Wave |
Luc Moullet (French:
Though such influential filmmakers and critics as
Moullet is known to frequently act in his movies.
Early life, criticism and the French New Wave
Moullet began writing for
Moullet's first short film was intended to be shown before Godard's second feature,
His first feature, made in 1966, was the comedy
In 1971, Moullet made his first color film, Une aventure de Billy le Kid, also known by its English title, A Girl Is a Gun. A psychedelic Western starring French New Wave icon Jean-Pierre Léaud, the film was never released in France, but was instead shown abroad in an English-dubbed version. The dubbing, conceived by Moullet as a tribute to the "shabbiness" he always admired in American genre films, is intentionally bad, and the short, slight Leaud is given a mismatched deep voice.
Filmmaking
Moullet continued at a relatively slow pace throughout the 1970s. His most notable film of the period is Anatomie d'un rapport (1976), a relationship drama that also attacks and parodies other relationship dramas.
In the early 1980s Moullet began to direct films at a quicker pace, making humorous short films in between his features. In 1987, his film La Comédie du travail won the Prix Jean Vigo at the Cannes Film Festival, an award usually given to young directors (Moullet was 50 at the time).
Moullet has continued making shorts and features at a steady rate throughout the 1990s and to the present. His recent works include the feature La Prestige de la mort (Death's Glamour), the working title of which was La Seule solution (The Only Solution) and La Terre de la folie (Land of Madness) (2009), along with a number of short films in 2010.
In 2009 he participated in a roundtable discussion with critics
Filmography
Features
- 1966 Brigitte et Brigitte
- 1967 Les Contrebandières
- 1971 Une aventure de Billy le Kid/A Girl is a Gun
- 1976 Anatomie d'un rapport
- 1987 Comédie du travail, La
- 1989 Sièges de l'Alcazar, Les
- 1993 Parpaillon (TV movie)
- 2002 Naufragés de la D17, Les
- 2006 Le Prestige de la mort
Documentaries and shorts
- 1960 Un steack trop cuit
- 1961 Terres noires
- 1962 Capito?
- 1978 Genèse d'un repas
- 1981 Ma première brasse
- 1982 Introduction
- 1983 Minutes d'un faiseur de film, Les
- 1983 Les Havres
- 1984 Barres
- 1986 L'Empire de Médor
- 1987 Valse des médias, La
- 1988 Essai d'ouverture
- 1990 Sept selon Jean et Luc, La
- 1991 Cabale des oursins
- 1994 Toujours plus
- 1994 Foix
- 1995 Imphy, capitale de la France
- 1996 Ventre de l'Amérique, Le
- 1996 Odyssée du 16/9°, L'
- 1996 Fantôme de Longstaff, Le
- 1997 Nous sommes tous des cafards
- 1998 ...Au champ d'honneur
- 2000 Système Zsygmondy, Le
- 2009 La Terre de la folie
- 2010 Chef d'oeuvre?
- 2010 Toujours moins
- 2012 Catherine Breillat: The First Time
References
- ^ Shafto, Sally. "Luc Moullet, a Bootleg Filmmaker at the Centre Georges Pompidou". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
External links
- Luc Moullet at IMDb
- Biography on newwavefilm.com
- Interview with Luc Moullet, MUBI
- The cinema according to Luc, documentary about Luc Moullet on ParisLike website
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