#Gérard Brach

[theoscarsproject]

Quest for Fire (1981). This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.

I don't know if I can say I enjoyed this film, but I respected it. The creative vision is really clear, and while it's often deliberately, primitively violent, it's also got real moments of breathtaking wonder in it, particularly around the titular fire. I kinda feel like it's the sort of thing that would be best watched on a big screen with an into-it cinema audience? It's pretty experiential, in that sense. 7/10.

#quest for fire #1981 #Oscars 55 #Nom: Make Up #Won: Make Up #Jean-Jacques Annaud #Gérard Brach #J.H. Rosny Sr. #everett mcgill #ron perlman #nicholas kadi #Rae Dawn Chong #prehistoric times #cavemen #france #french #american #7/10

[romanbymarta]

Gérard Brach photographed by Andy Warhol, May 1973

#roman polanski #Gérard Brach #andy warhol #1973

[movie-titlecards]

Repulsion (1965)

My rating: 6/10

And to think, this whole unpleasantness could've been avoided if anybody had respected literally any boundaries. Unfortunately, it was the 60s and the concept hadn't been invented yet.

#Repulsion #Roman Polanski #Gérard Brach #David Stone #Catherine Deneuve #Ian Hendry #John Fraser #Youtube

[ormakona]

Herbert Von Krolock is a character originally created by Gérard Brach and Roman Polanski in the film The Fearless Vampire Killers (Dance of the Vampires in the UK) and later starred in the Austrian musical Tanz der Vampire, written by Michael Kunze. 

#herbert von krolock #the fearless vampire killers #tanz der vampire #roman polanski #dance of the vampires #portrait #sketchbook #traditional drawing #traditional fanart #sketch #sketch portrait

[ludmilachaibemachado]

Sharon Tate and Gérard Brach, photographed by Jean-Claude Deutsch at the Paris premiere of The Fearless Vampire Killers; held on January 31st, 1968🍀

Brach was a screenwriter on the film, and collaborated with Roman Polanski on a number of films over a 30 vear period-including the 1979 film, Tess🍀

Via @polanskisharontate on Instagram🍀

#60s icons #girlsofthesixties #sharon tate polanski #sharon tate #american actress #premiere #the fearless vampire killers #paris #january 31 #1968 #shrimptons boyds asher faithfull and more

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Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring (Claude Berri, 1986)

Cast of Jean de Florette: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna, Armand Meffre, André Dupon. Cast of Manon of the Spring: Montand, Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot, Lozano, Yvonne Gamy, Ticky Holgado, Jean Bouchaud. Screenplay: Claude Berri, Gérard Brach, based on a film and a novel by Marcel Pagnol. Cinematography: Bruno Nuytten. Production design: Bernard Vézat. Film editing: Noëlle Boisson, Sophie Coussein, Hervé de Luze, Jeanne Kef, Annette Langmann, Corinne Lazare, Catherine Serris. Music: Jean-Claude Petit. 

There's no good reason why Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring should have been two films rather than one. They were shot together over the course of seven months, but released separately, Manon following Jean after about three months. Shown together as one film, they would total some 230 minutes -- only a bit longer than Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959) at 212 minutes or Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962) at 222 minutes. But the length of those films seems consistent with their epic pretensions, whereas Jean/Manon together amount to a domestic melodrama -- an entertaining one, with a beautiful Provençal setting, but far from an epic. Their separate releases feel a bit like a con -- as in economics. Films of that blockbuster length are a drag on the exhibitor, who must schedule fewer showings per day, so it probably made sense to release Jean, which unabashedly announces at the end that it's "part one," to whet an appetite for Manon, whose posters announced it as the second part of Jean de Florette. Voilà! double the box office take. In fact, Manon of the Spring had been filmed before, by Marcel Pagnol in 1952, and it had been a long film, as much as four hours, before being cut by the distributor. Pagnol was so upset by this experience that he turned the screenplay into a novel, L'Eau des Collines, adding the story of Manon's father, Jean, which had been only a backstory in his film. And it's this novel that Claude Berri decided to adapt into his two films. The problem I see, having just watched Berri's films back to back, is that there's not quite enough material for two. Jean de Florette is an overextended prequel, introducing the characters of César Soubeyran (Yves Montand) and his nephew Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil), and their villainous attempt to cut off the water supply to Jean (Gérard Depardieu), the newcomer who inherits the estate they covet. Or perhaps Manon of the Spring is a thinly developed sequel, in which Jean's daughter, Manon (Emmanuelle Béart), avenges her father. If Jean had been trimmed of some of the scenes of Jean raising rabbits and Manon of some of the shots of Manon gamboling with her goats in the hills -- as well as the romantic subplot involving the new village schoolteacher (Hippolyte Girardot) -- both stories could have fitted nicely into one movie. Manon climaxes with a scene in which César learns an uncomfortable truth about Jean's parentage, but Berri and co-screenwriter Gérard Brach drag the film out after that revelation, which should have been left to make its impact. Still, Berri's films have much to recommend them, especially the performances of Montand, Auteuil, and Depardieu (the last is sorely missed in the second film) and the beautiful cinematography of Bruno Nuytten. Jean-Claude Petit's score makes good use of themes from the overture to Giuseppe Verdi's La Forza del Destino.  

#Jean de Florette #Manon of the Spring #Claude Berri

[tinyreviews]

This has strong vibes of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, which I highly recommend to watch. Primal is probably inspired by this movie.

Quest for Fire (French: La Guerre du feu) is a 1981 prehistoric fantasy adventure film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, written by Gérard Brach and starring Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nameer El-Kadi and Rae Dawn Chong. The Canadian-French co-production is a film adaptation of the 1911 Belgian novel The Quest for Fire by J.-H. Rosny. 

#quest for fire #everett mcgill #ron perlman #nameer el-kadi #rae dawn chong #prehistoric #fantasy #adventure #quest #canadian french #prehistory #cavemen #no dialog #1981 #movie review #primal #genndy tartakovsky's primal

[mawrgorshin]

[mawr-gorshin]

Analysis of 'Frantic'

Frantic is a 1988 film directed by Roman Polanski and written by him, Gérard Brach, and Robert Towne. It stars Harrison Ford and Emmanuelle Seigner, with Betty Buckley, John Mahoney, and Yorgo Voyagis. Ennio Morricone wrote the film score. The film was a box office disappointment, except for in countries like France, but it was a critical success. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 77% positive reaction,…

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#film analysis #Freud #psychoanalysis

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Esta comédia absurda, com seu extenso grupo de vigaristas, ladrões, anarquistas, prostitutas, inspetores-chefes, negociantes de arte e inventores, lembra as vibrantes tapeçarias de Robert Altman. A história gira em torno de dois objetos, um conjunto raro de porcelana de Limoges, do século XVIII, e um retrato aristocrático do século XIX. Quando esses itens são passados, vendidos ou roubados de um personagem para outro, uma vertiginosa dança em volta do excesso começa a tomar forma, o que sugere que, se a história não se repetir, certamente rima. Juntamente com o co-escritor Gérard Brach, cujos outros créditos de co-escrita incluem Repulsão e Tess, Otar Iosseliani usa um leve toque para expor a futilidade da classe e ordem social, transformando em insignificantes as preocupações dos ricos e pobres. Premiada com o Prémio Especial do Júri no 41.º Festival Internacional de Cinema de Veneza.

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ROLLING STONES ON VIDEO: Keith Richards attending the 'Cul de Sac' premiere, 1966

ROLLING STONES ON VIDEO: Keith Richards attending the ‘Cul de Sac’ premiere, 1966

(Ref. keith richards premiere 1966)*Click for MORE STONES ON VIDEOVery rare footage of Keith attending the premiere of Roman Polanski’s ‘Cul de Sac’ movie at the Cameo-Poly cinema, London, June 2 1966. From the Kinolibrary Archive Film collection.From Wikipedia:Cul-de-sac is a 1966 British psychological comedy thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Polanski and Gérard Brach, and…

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#1966 #Cul de Sac #Keith Richards #Rolling Stones #Rolling Stones Data #video

[mariocki]

G. G. Passion (1966)

"It has been decided."

"What?"

"Unanimously."

"What's been decided unanimously?"

"You have been sentenced to death."

"Knock it off."

#G. G. Passion #short film #art film #1966 #david bailey #Gérard Brach #Eric Swayne #Rory Davis #caroline munro #Chrissie Shrimpton #Greta Rantwick #Janice Haye #Bailey's first exploration into the moving image (he has made a handful more short films in the decades since) is perhaps #Unsurprisingly a case study in style over substance (altho in film that isn't always a bad thing). Shot in clean stark black and white on #Minimalist sets and uncluttered locations this looks pretty striking (and very very 60s). The plot such as it is concerns a pop star (the #Titular Passion) whose great success wealth and privilege appears to be unfulfilling. Sentenced to death by a shadowy group of people (all #Played by very ordinary looking business types; 'the man' or polite society basically) he attempts to escape his fate but ultimately is #Resigned to it. As a broader message about the evils of fame and the difficulties of celebrity this is simultaneously a little opaque and #Yet very on the nose. I've seen better treatments of the idea and what feels like an attempt at the profound (perhaps...money and sex and #Fame....arent everything??) is actually kind of film school 101. A colour burst at the end feels pretentious rather than affecting but for #All the faults of script and story this is undeniably a technically excellent piece. Bailey knows how to create a great image be it still #Or moving and his direction is confident and (perhaps a little self consciously) artsy. Passion was supposedly inspired by Mick Jagger #But I think there's more than a little of Bailey himself in there too. Not exactly earth shattering but a confident and articulate first #Film.

[addictivecontradiction]

Bitter moon, 1992

#drama #romance #thriller #bitter moon #roman polanski #pascal bruckner #gérard brach #john brownjohn #jeff gross #hugh grant #kristin scott thomas #peter coyote #mysteries

[romanbymarta]

Roman Polanski, Catherine Deneuve, Iain Quarrier, Gérard Brach, Jean-Luc Godard at the closing gala of the International Cannes Film Festival 1965. Photo by Claude Schwartz.

#Roman Polanski #catherine deneuve #Roman & Catherine Deneuve #Gerard Brach #Gérard Brach #roman & gérard brach #Iain Quarrier #jean luc godard #Jean-Luc Godard #roman & jean-luc godard #Cannes #Cannes 1965 #1965 #festival de cannes #cannes film festival #Claude Schwartz #Roman by Claude Schwartz #60s

[80smovies]

Frantic

#Frantic #Harrison Ford #Emmanuelle Seigner #Roman Polanski #Gérard Brach

[sesiondemadrugada]

Le locataire (Roman Polanski, 1976).

#the tenant (1976) #roman polanski #gérard brach #roland topor #sven nykvist #françoise bonnot #pierre guffroy #Claude Moesching #Albert Rajau #jacques schmidt #the tenant #le locataire #el quimérico inquilino #sesión de madrugada #sesiondemadrugada #movie stills #movie frames #el quimérico inquilino (1976)