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Claude Chabrol

 

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Director / Screenwriter / Producer / Production Designer
1930 -
Born June 24, Paris, France
Key Production Countries: France, Italy, Germany
Key Genres: Drama, Psychological Drama, Crime Drama, Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Mystery, Marriage Drama, Satire
Key Collaborators: Jean Rabier (Cinematographer), Jacques Gaillard (Editor), Stephane Audran (Leading Player), Pierre Jansen (Composer), Andre Genoves (Producer), Monique Fardoulis (Editor), Paul Gegauff (Screenwriter), Matthieu Chabrol (Composer), Guy Littaye (Production Designer), Michel Bouquet (Leading Player)
Highly Recommended: The Third Lover (1962), La Femme infidèle (1969), This Man Must Die (1969), Le Boucher (1970), L'Enfer (1993)
Recommended: Le Beau Serge (1958), A double tour (1959), Les Bonnes femmes (1960), Les Biches (1968), Just Before Nightfall (1971), Wedding in Blood (1973), Pleasure Party (1975), La Ceremonie (1995), Merci pour le chocolat (2000), A Comedy of Power (2005)
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1,000 Greatest Films: La Femme infidèle (1969), Le Boucher (1970)
 
La Femme Infidele (1969)This Man Must Die (1969)Le Boucher (1970)Le Beau Serge (1958)
 
     
  "If Jean-Luc Godard appeals to critics because of his extreme interest in politics and film theory and if François Truffaut appeals to the popular audience because of his humanism and sentimentality, it is Claude Chabrol - film critic, filmmaker, philosopher - whose work consistently offers the opportunity for the most balanced appeal...Chabrol's work can perhaps best be seen as a cross between the unassuming and popular genre film and the pretentious elitist art film." - Charles Derry (The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia, 1998)  
     
  "Chabrol, whose admiration for the Hitchcock thriller style is evident in some of his own films (The Champagne Murders, This Man Must Die, Cop au Vin), is more typically concerned with exploring, in a curiously detached way, personal relationships (Les Cousins, Les Biches). His favorite target remains the urban French petite-bourgeoisie, the milieu of his youth." - (The MacMillan International Film Encyclopedia, 1994)  
     
  "While Claude Chabrol is certainly one of the most important filmmakers to have emerged from the the French New Wave, his consistency of theme and assured, expressive style are often betrayed by poor material, resulting in a career as uneven as it is prolific...A consummate craftsman, his interest in human emotions often seems intellectually motivated, which may explain the erratic nature of his work." - Geoff Andrew (The Film Handbook, 1989)  
     
  "Emotional relationships marked by physical and psychological violence distinguish Chabrol's films." - William R. Meyer (The Film Buff's Catalog, 1978)  
     
  "I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control." - Claude Chabrol  
     
  "It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and habits. I prefer not to write for specific people." - Claude Chabrol  
     
 
 
 

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