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Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath

Ángel Díaz’s documentary The Lost Sorrows of Jean Eustache, concentrates on Eustache as cinematic thinker and archivist of his own life. Actors read texts written by Eustache, including the following reflection: “The role of the author in cinema should be one of non-intervention.” This sentence reminds us that he belongs to the greatest of film traditions (he cites Griffith, Renoir, Dreyer, and Lang as his models), the one that sees cinema as a matter of placing the camera in front of reality and capturing it ardently, precisely, and without tricks.

Top Cast

  • Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Self

  • Françoise Lebrun

    Françoise Lebrun

    Self

  • Boris Eustache

    Boris Eustache

    Self

  • Sylvie Durastanti

    Sylvie Durastanti

    Self

  • Jean-Michel Barjol

    Jean-Michel Barjol

    Self

  • Henri Martinez

    Henri Martinez

    Self

  • Jean Eustache

    Jean Eustache

    Self (archival footage)

  • Odette Robert

    Odette Robert

    Self (archival footage)

  • Martin Loeb

    Martin Loeb

    Self (archival footage)

Overview

Ángel Díaz’s documentary The Lost Sorrows of Jean Eustache, concentrates on Eustache as cinematic thinker and archivist of his own life. Actors read texts written by Eustache, including the following reflection: “The role of the author in cinema should be one of non-intervention.” This sentence reminds us that he belongs to the greatest of film traditions (he cites Griffith, Renoir, Dreyer, and Lang as his models), the one that sees cinema as a matter of placing the camera in front of reality and capturing it ardently, precisely, and without tricks.

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