Jean-Louis Comolli
| Jean-Louis Comolli | |
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| Born |
30 July 1941 Philippeville, Algeria |
| Occupation | film critic, director, screenwriter |
Jean-Louis Comolli (born 30 July 1941) is a French writer, editor, and film director. He was editor in chief of Cahiers du cinéma from 1966 to 1978,[1] during which period he wrote the influential essays "Machines of the Visible" (1971) and "Technique and Ideology: Camera, Perspective, Depth of Field" (1971-2), both of which have been translated in English anthologies of film and media studies. This work was important in the discussion on apparatus theory, an attempt to rethink cinema as a site for the production and maintenance of dominant state ideology in the wake of May 1968.
After his tenure at Cahiers, Comolli continued his work as a director and has since published numerous works on film theory, documentary, and jazz. He currently teaches film theory at the Universities of Paris VIII, Barcelona, Strasburg and Genève.[1]
In the spring of 2008, Comolli was invited to the Visions du réel documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland, where he developed his theory of documentary cinema.[2]
Select Filmography
- 1968 : Les deux Marseillaises (co-director : André S. Labarthe)
- 1969 : Comme je te veux
- 1975 : La Cecilia
- 1981 : L'Ombre rouge
- 1983 : Balles perdues
- 1986 : Le Bal d'Irène (TV)
- 1987 : Pétition (TV)
- 1989 : Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral
- 1989 : Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville
- 1992 : La Campagne de Provence
- 1993 : Marseille en mars
- 1994 : Jeune fille au livre
- 1995 : Georges Delerue (TV)
- 1996 : Marseille contre Marseille
- 1997 : Nos deux Marseillaises
- 1997 : La Question des alliances
- 2000 : Durruti, portrait d'un anarchiste
- 2003 : Rêves de France à Marseille
- 2004 : Les Esprits du Koniambo (TV)
- 2005 : Le Peintre, le poète et l'historien (TV)
Select bibliography
- "Machines of the Visible." in Electronic Culture: Technology and Visual Representation, ed. Timothy Druckrey. Aperture Press (1996 [1971]).
- "Technique and Ideology: Camera, Perspective, Depth of Field.” in Narrative, Apparatus, Ideology: A Film Theory Reader, ed. Philip Rosen. Columbia University Press (1986 [1972]).
External links
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| Preceded by Jean Narboni |
Editor of Cahiers du cinéma 1966–1971 With: Jean Narboni |
Succeeded by Jean Narboni |
References
- 1 2 http://www.vivofilm.it/?p=944&lang=en
- ↑ Cahier du Monde Sunday 4/Monday 5 May 2008, n° 19680