Mary Stephen. Photo by Jessey Tsang Tsui Shan during the editing of her film Flowing Stories.In 2018, I created Edited By, a website that features the work of 206 women editors. It was motivated by reading a chapter about editing in a film production handbook in which the director of each notably-edited film was mentioned, but not the editor. Unfortunately I wasn’t surprised by this lack of recognition, since film scholarship has always privileged the director, but I thought it was time to rectify that. At least half of the editors of those notable films turned out to be women–including the editor of The Wizard of Oz, Blanche Sewell. And in the process of discovering the women who shaped so many canonical films, I learned about the remarkable career of Mary Stephen.Stephen is a Hong Kong-born Chinese-Canadian editor and filmmaker with 52 credits and nine best editing nominations. Based in Paris,...
- 1/3/2022
- MUBI
The legendary French filmmaker and director Eric Rohmer has died at the age of 89. Rohmer passed away on Monday in Paris, with the immediate cause of death not given.
The director is known for his film "Claire's Knee" and his distinctive personal style. His last film, "Les amours d'Ashtree et de Celadon" (Romance of Astree and Celadon), was in 2007. Rohmer's films pondered philosophical musings and often told tales of romantic triangles.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy mourned the loss of the great filmmaker, saying that he was a "great auteur who will continue to speak to us and inspire us for years to come."
He continued in a statement saying, "Classic and romantic, wise and iconoclast, light and serious, sentimental and moralist, he created the 'Rohmer' style, which will outlive him."...
The director is known for his film "Claire's Knee" and his distinctive personal style. His last film, "Les amours d'Ashtree et de Celadon" (Romance of Astree and Celadon), was in 2007. Rohmer's films pondered philosophical musings and often told tales of romantic triangles.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy mourned the loss of the great filmmaker, saying that he was a "great auteur who will continue to speak to us and inspire us for years to come."
He continued in a statement saying, "Classic and romantic, wise and iconoclast, light and serious, sentimental and moralist, he created the 'Rohmer' style, which will outlive him."...
- 1/13/2010
- icelebz.com
Idiosyncratic French film-maker who was a leading figure in the cinema of the postwar new wave
In Arthur Penn's intelligently unconventional private eye thriller Night Moves (1975), Gene Hackman's hero – who finds the mystery he faces as unfathomable as his personal relationships – is asked by his wife whether he wants to go to an Eric Rohmer movie. "I don't think so," he says. "I saw a Rohmer film once. It was kind of like watching paint dry."
Behind that exchange lies a jab at Hollywood's mistrust of any film-maker, especially a French one, who neglects plot and action in favour of cerebral exploration, metaphysical conceit and moral nuance. The Dream Factory, after all, had proved through trial and error that cinema is cinema, literature is literature, and the twain shall meet only provided the images rule, not the words.
Of the major American film-makers, perhaps only Joseph Mankiewicz allowed his scripts,...
In Arthur Penn's intelligently unconventional private eye thriller Night Moves (1975), Gene Hackman's hero – who finds the mystery he faces as unfathomable as his personal relationships – is asked by his wife whether he wants to go to an Eric Rohmer movie. "I don't think so," he says. "I saw a Rohmer film once. It was kind of like watching paint dry."
Behind that exchange lies a jab at Hollywood's mistrust of any film-maker, especially a French one, who neglects plot and action in favour of cerebral exploration, metaphysical conceit and moral nuance. The Dream Factory, after all, had proved through trial and error that cinema is cinema, literature is literature, and the twain shall meet only provided the images rule, not the words.
Of the major American film-makers, perhaps only Joseph Mankiewicz allowed his scripts,...
- 1/13/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
The French director's movies were quintessentially studenty - in the best possible sense
Eric Rohmer's death at the age of 89 is a reminder of the incredible energy, tenacity and longevity of France's great nouvelle vague generation. Rohmer had released his last film only last year, the sublimely unworldly pastoral fantasy Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon (The Romance of Astrea and Celadon): a gentle, reflective movie, of course, but by no means lacking in energy or wit. And, meanwhile, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Jacques Rivette and Claude Chabrol – at the respective ages of 79, 81, 81 and 79 – are all still with us, all nursing projects.
Rohmer came from the New Wave tradition of critic-turned-director; he was a former editor of Cahiers du Cinéma, and became the distinctively romantic philosopher of the New Wave and the great master of what was sometimes called "intimist" cinema: delicate, un-showy movie-making about not especially startling people,...
Eric Rohmer's death at the age of 89 is a reminder of the incredible energy, tenacity and longevity of France's great nouvelle vague generation. Rohmer had released his last film only last year, the sublimely unworldly pastoral fantasy Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon (The Romance of Astrea and Celadon): a gentle, reflective movie, of course, but by no means lacking in energy or wit. And, meanwhile, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Jacques Rivette and Claude Chabrol – at the respective ages of 79, 81, 81 and 79 – are all still with us, all nursing projects.
Rohmer came from the New Wave tradition of critic-turned-director; he was a former editor of Cahiers du Cinéma, and became the distinctively romantic philosopher of the New Wave and the great master of what was sometimes called "intimist" cinema: delicate, un-showy movie-making about not especially startling people,...
- 1/12/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Eric Rohmer, the French New Wave icon who specialized in films about young love, died yesterday in Paris. He was 89. His work included "My Night at Maud's" (1969), "Claire's Knee" (1970), "Pauline at the Beach" (1983) and "Chloe in the Afternoon" (1972). His final film, "Romance of Astree and Celadon," appeared in 2007. In 2001, he was given a lifetime-achievement award at the prestigious Venice Film Festival. His 50 or so films, which usually featured nubile French actresses, eschewed action in favor of cerebral conversation and romantic entanglement.
- 1/12/2010
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
Award-winning French filmmaker Eric Rohmer has died, aged 89.
Rohmer passed away in Paris on Monday. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer, the director's best-known films include My Night at Maud's and Claire's Knee. His latest film, Les amours d'Astree et de Celadon, (Romance of Astree and Celadon), was released in 2008.
He was born in Lorraine and relocated to Paris to became a literature teacher and newspaper reporter.
As Gilbert Cordier, he released his first and only novel, Elizabeth, in 1946, and then became a critic and filmmaker.
He also co-wrote an indepth book about the films of Alfred Hitchcock, titled Hitchcock, The First 44 Films.
In 2001, he was awarded a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in Italy for his work in cinema.
Rohmer would have turned 90 in April.
Rohmer passed away in Paris on Monday. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer, the director's best-known films include My Night at Maud's and Claire's Knee. His latest film, Les amours d'Astree et de Celadon, (Romance of Astree and Celadon), was released in 2008.
He was born in Lorraine and relocated to Paris to became a literature teacher and newspaper reporter.
As Gilbert Cordier, he released his first and only novel, Elizabeth, in 1946, and then became a critic and filmmaker.
He also co-wrote an indepth book about the films of Alfred Hitchcock, titled Hitchcock, The First 44 Films.
In 2001, he was awarded a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in Italy for his work in cinema.
Rohmer would have turned 90 in April.
- 1/11/2010
- WENN
Eric Rohmer, the French New Wave exile whose My Night at Maud's earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign-Language Film in 1969, died today in Paris. He was 89. Along with Maud's, Rohmer is especially famous for his subsequent "moral tales" Claire's Knee and Chloe in the Afternoon, the latter of which Chris Rock remade in 2007 as I Think I Love My Wife. More film cycles and series followed in the decades hence, winding down in 2007 also with The Romance of Astree and Celadon. His specific cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Two's enough for today, God; we'll keep the rest of our filmmakers for now, if You don't mind. [THR]...
- 1/11/2010
- Movieline
The French arthouse film-maker Eric Rohmer has died aged 89, according to his production house. Les Films du Losange said Rohmer, who was a key figure in the postwar French New Wave cinema movement, died in Paris earlier today. The cause of death was not immediately known. Rohmer's best-known films included Tales of Four Seasons, My Night at Maud's and Claire's Knee. After the release of his last film, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon, at the Venice film festival in 2007, he said he was considering retirement.
Rohmer debuted in cinema in the early 1950s. In 2001, he was awarded a Golden Lion at the Venice film festival for his body of work.
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Rohmer debuted in cinema in the early 1950s. In 2001, he was awarded a Golden Lion at the Venice film festival for his body of work.
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- 1/11/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Seminal French New Wave director Eric Rohmer, whose contemporaries included Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, Alain Resnais, and Francois Truffaut, passed away at the age of 89 in Paris on Monday, January 11, 2010. The director of over 50 films, the legendary Rohmer was also a prodigious writer and editor, having penned or contributed to 35 movies over the years, and he was the editor-in-chief of the famous film magazine Cahiers du Cinema from 1956 to 1963. His most recent movie was 2007's Romance of Astree and Celadon. Here's a brief roundup of tributes to Rohmer that are just going up on the web. Dave Kehr, The New York Times "His films are as much about what does not happen between his characters as what does, a tendency that enchanted critics as often as it drove audience members to distraction." Roger Ebert "Rohmer's characters arrived at moral decisions in their lives, usually through romance, ...
- 1/11/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
PARIS -- Abdellatif Kechiche's immigrant drama The Secret of the Grain continued its winning streak with the prize for best film of the year at the Etoiles d'or de la presse (Golden Star Awards) Monday night in Paris.
Kechiche also won the award for best director and best screenplay for his film, and saw lead actress Hafsia Herzi walk away with the best female newcomer prize.
Pathe's Jerome Seydoux and Francois Ivernel were also crowned with Golden Stars for Secret, named best producer and best distributor respectively.
Oscar favorite and Golden Globe winner La Vie en Rose star Marion Cotillard had to share the spotlight with Anna M.'s Isabelle Carre for the best actress award. Mathieu Amalric took home the best actor prize for his role as paralyzed Elle editor Dominique Bauby in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parannaud won the best first film award for animated political satire Persepolis and Barbet Schroeder's Terror's Advocate was named best documentary.
99 Francs actor Jocelyn Quivrin shared the best male newcomer prize with his Romance of Astree and Celadon co-star Andy Gillet.
Kechiche also won the award for best director and best screenplay for his film, and saw lead actress Hafsia Herzi walk away with the best female newcomer prize.
Pathe's Jerome Seydoux and Francois Ivernel were also crowned with Golden Stars for Secret, named best producer and best distributor respectively.
Oscar favorite and Golden Globe winner La Vie en Rose star Marion Cotillard had to share the spotlight with Anna M.'s Isabelle Carre for the best actress award. Mathieu Amalric took home the best actor prize for his role as paralyzed Elle editor Dominique Bauby in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parannaud won the best first film award for animated political satire Persepolis and Barbet Schroeder's Terror's Advocate was named best documentary.
99 Francs actor Jocelyn Quivrin shared the best male newcomer prize with his Romance of Astree and Celadon co-star Andy Gillet.
- 2/20/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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