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Jean-Marie Straub & Daničle Huillet

 

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Director / Screenwriter / Editor / Producer / Cinematographer / Production Designer
Straub 1933 - | Huillet 1936 - 2006
Straub Born January 8, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France | Huillet Born May 1, Paris, France
Key Production Countries: Germany, France, Italy 
Key Genres: Drama, Family Drama, Biography
Key Collaborators: William Lubtchansky (Cinematographer), Giovanni Canfarelli Modica (Cinematographer), Caroline Champetier (Cinematographer), Saverio Diamante (Cinematographer)
Recommended: The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach* (1968)
Worth a Look: The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp (1968), From the Clouds to the Resistance (1979), Too Early, Too Late (1981), Antigone (1992)
Links: [ IMDB: Jean-Marie Straub ] [ IMDB: Daničle Huillet ] [ All-Movie Guide: Jean-Marie Straub ] [ All-Movie Guide: Daničle Huillet ] [ Film Reference: Straub and Huillet ] [ Film Reference: Daničle Huillet ] [ Strictly Film School ] [ Political Formations in the Cinema of Jean-Marie Straub ] [ Brief Bio ] [ The German Films of Huillet & Straub ] [ Undercurrent Tribute (2006) ] [ Jean-Marie Straub and Daničle Huillet at Work on Franz Kafka's "Amerika" ] [ IMDB: Jean-Marie Straub ] [ Senses of Cinema Article ] [ Senses of Cinema Article #2 ] [ Cahiers du Cinema Article (2007) ]
Books: [ Landscapes of Resistance: The German Films of Daničle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub ] [ Jean-Marie Straub ]
DVD's: [ Amazon ]
1,000 Greatest Films: Not Reconciled* (1965), The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach* (1968), Too Early, Too Late (1981)
* Daničle Huillet was not credited as co-director on this film (she co-wrote it).
 
From the Clouds to the Resistance (1979)Sicilia! (1999)Antigone (1992)Too Early, Too Late (1981),
 
     
  STRAUB: "Straub is an extreme, austere exponent of minimalist cinema. His work is an attempt to clarify the nature of his medium, and no task is as likely to unsettle or offend people who consider themselves familiar with the medium...His austerity may leave gaps in his output, and the films themselves will usually be hard to find. But no one seriously interested in film should neglect them or the theoretical issues that attend them." - David Thomson (The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, 2002)  
     
  "Straub began directing in the early 60s and soon became recognized as a leading voice in the New German Cinema. His style is typically sparse, minimal, elliptical, and austere. His wife, Daničle Huillet, collaborates on his films as producer and writer." - (The MacMillan International Film Encyclopedia, 1994)  
     
  "The films of Jean-Marie Straub and Daničle Huillet are best understood in the context of contemporary developments in radical, materialist cinema. They offer what many people see as a genuine alternative to both dominant narrative cinema and conventional art movies. Their work is formally austere and demands attentive, intellectual participation from audiences. However, it must be acknowledged that many people find their films nearly impenetrable and absolutely boring." - M.B. White (International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1991)  
     
  STRAUB: "Straub's films deal with social issues, the process of film-making, and the artist's relation to his material. His works are essays on subjects, as are Godard's. For the most part, Straub's productions are cold and distant although not necessarily unemotional." - William R. Meyer (The Film Buff's Catalog, 1978)  
     
 

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