PRELUDES

To herald in the second century of cinema, the Festival wanted to turn from the formal, accepted path towards the school of life. Some, here included, take a historical or geographical view of cinema. We’ve chosen to look at thematically, as we stroll randomly through rediscovered treasures… This time, however, following on from other Festival productions like “Hommage à Hitchcock”, “Vivement Truffaut”, “Le cinéma dans les yeux” and “Liberté”, we’ve changed the rules a little.

This time, no longer a 90 minute montage of images but a simple short sequence which will be shown in the main theatre before each screening, thus two “Preludes” per day. Twenty-four images per second: it’s sometimes said that “a second lasts for all eternity” ; ours, however, will be limited to just four minute.

LIST OF “PRELUDES”

Chef d’orchestre
Le lait
La danse
Oiseaux
Guitares
Pickpocket
Portraits de femmes
La peau de l’ours
Printemps de Prague
Hamlet
Marilyn
Verdi
Ingrid
Sécurité routière
Les bonnes manières
Le temps s’en va
La tour
Chemin de fer
Gospel
Jean
Cinéma permanent
Rita