Le Fantôme d'Henri Langlois/Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque, 2004
The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (Jacques Richard, 2004) The name of Henri Langlois - subject of "Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinémathèque," a long, affectionate new documentary directed by Jacques Richard - is not as well known as those of some directors whose work and reputations he saved from oblivion. Still, Mr. Richard's film makes a persuasive case for Langlois as one of the most important figures in the history of film and therefore in the history of 20th-century art. And he was, after his own fashion, an artist - a collector and curator with the temperament of a poet. Jean-Luc Godard, one of many French New Wave directors for whom Langlois's Cinémathèque Française served as clubhouse and film school, declared that Langlois, who never shot a frame, was a great maker of movies. This was because, in Mr. Godard's apt words, Langlois "produced a new way of seeing movies." / A.O. Scott / New York Times Review
"fascinating....makes a persuasive case for langlois as one of the most important figures in the history of film and therefore in the history of 20th century art." -a.o. scott, new york times
"A moviegoer’s treat and a cinephile’s delight" -michael wilmington, chicago tribune
"irresistible! a saga of an extraordinarily influential, controversial and eccentric life." -kenneth turan, la times
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Runtime: 128
Director: Jacques Richard |
the phantom of the cinémathèque, 2004
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The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (Jacques Richard, 2004) The name of Henri Langlois - subject of "Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinémathèque," a long, affectionate new documentary directed by Jacques Richard - is not as well known as those of some directors whose work and reputations he saved from oblivion. Still, Mr. Richard's film makes a persuasive case for Langlois as one of the most important figures in the history of film and therefore in the history of 20th-century art. And he was, after his own fashion, an artist - a collector and curator with the temperament of a poet. Jean-Luc Godard, one of many French New Wave directors for whom Langlois's Cinémathèque Française served as clubhouse and film school, declared that Langlois, who never shot a frame, was a great maker of movies. This was because, in Mr. Godard's apt words, Langlois "produced a new way of seeing movies." / A.O. Scott / New York Times Review
"fascinating....makes a persuasive case for langlois as one of the most important figures in the history of film and therefore in the history of 20th century art." -a.o. scott, new york times
"A moviegoer’s treat and a cinephile’s delight" -michael wilmington, chicago tribune
"irresistible! a saga of an extraordinarily influential, controversial and eccentric life." -kenneth turan, la times