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Claude Chabrol |
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Director / Screenwriter |
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1930 - 2010 |
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Born June 24,
Paris, France |
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Key
Production Countries: France, Italy, Germany |
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Key Genres:
Drama, Psychological Drama, Crime Drama, Thriller, Psychological
Thriller,
Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Mystery, Marriage Drama, Satire |
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Key
Collaborators: Jean Rabier
(Cinematographer), Jacques Gaillard (Editor), Stephane Audran (Leading
Player), Monique Fardoulis (Editor), Pierre Jansen (Composer), Matthieu
Chabrol (Composer), Andre Genoves
(Producer), Paul Gegauff (Screenwriter), Guy Littaye (Production
Designer), Marin Karmitz (Producer) |
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Highly Recommended:
The
Third Lover (1962), La Femme infidèle (1969), This Man Must Die (1969), Le Boucher (1970)*, L'Enfer (1993) |
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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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Worth a Look: Les
Cousins (1959), Wise Guys (1961), La Rupture (1970), Ten Days' Wonder
(1972), Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975), Cop au Vin (1984), Story of Women (1988), The Swindle (1997),
The Flower of Evil (2002), The Bridesmaid (2004), A Girl Cut in Two (2006) |
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Approach with Caution:
The Road to Corinth (1967), Blood Relatives (1978), The Cry of the Owl
(1987), The Colour of Lies (1998) |
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* Listed in TSPDT's
1,000 Greatest Films
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Links:
[
Amazon
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IMDB ] [
TCMDB ] [
All-Movie
Guide ] [
Senses
of Cinema: Great Directors ] [
Film Reference ]
[
The
Claude Chabrol Project ]
[
Films de
France Biography ] [
Images
Feature ] [
Claude
Chabrol.com ] [
Strictly
Film School ] [
Wikipedia ] [
Guardian Article (2009) ]
[
Guardian Obituary (2010) ] [
New York Times Obituary (2010) ] [
Roger Ebert's Journal (2010) ] [
Moving Image Source Article (2010)
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Books:
[
Claude
Chabrol (French Film Directors) ] [
Claude
Chabrol ] |
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"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)
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"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." -
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MacMillan International Film Encyclopedia, 1994) |
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"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) |
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"Emotional relationships marked by physical and psychological
violence distinguish Chabrol's films." -
William R. Meyer (The Film Buff's Catalog, 1978) |
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"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 |
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"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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Please
note that the rating given for this director (see top-right) is based
only on the films we have seen (listed above). Films by this director that we
haven't seen include Bluebeard (1962), The Champagne Murders
(1967), High Heels (1972), Nada (1974), The Twist (1976), Violette
(1978), The Hatter's Ghost (1982), Inspecteur Lavardin (1986), Masques
(1987), Club Extinction (1989), Madame Bovary (1991), and Betty (1992). |
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