Etaix made a series of short and featurelength films, many of them cowritten by influential screenwriter jeanclaude carriere. Pierre etaixs most radical film, and perhaps unsurprisingly the one that effectively ended his career in cinema, land of milk and honey is a fascinating investigative documentary about postmay 68 french society. He meant it as a comedy, but the french thought he was making fun of them. In it, etaix trains his discerning eye on idle summer vacationers, but the film has bigger fish to fry, asking pertinent. Despite having a loving and patient wife at home, a goodnatured suitandtie man, played by writerdirector pierre etaix, finds himself hopelessly attracted to his gorgeous new secretary in this gently satirical tale of temptation. Despite having a loving and patient wife at home, a goodnatured suitandtie man, played by writerdirector pierre etaix, finds himself hopelessly attracted to his gorgeous new secretary in this gently satirical tale. Pierre etaix in his clown costume at a circus in 20.
The screening was at the film forum, the renowned movie house where a pierre etaix retrospective is currently being held. Le grand amour is a cutting, nearly bunuelian takedown of the bourgeoisie that. Decouvrez toutes les informations sur le film integrale pierre etaix. The director is pierre, a successful and happily married businessman who. Pierre etaix in action by sarah mankoff on october 18, 2012 like any less recognized gagbased comic, pierre etaix invites comparisons to a multitude of his stylistic peers. Scholar david cairns analyzes pierre etaixs iconic dream sequence in his video essay series anatomy of a gag. The diminishing returns apparent in etaix s films, derived from tati but without the touch of genius unmistakable even if you find tati unfunny, came to a head with this tiresome whimsy which.
Oct 14, 2016 pierre etaix, the oscarwinning french comedian and director, responsible for such acclaimed works like le grand amour, has died at 87. It was entered into the 1969 cannes film festival cast. Screening are happy anniversary and etaixs first color film, the delightful 1969 romantic comedy le grand amour, in which he plays a married man who finds himself. It was this film that so outraged the french that etaix was never able to make another film in france. Directed by pierre etaix 1969 france despite having a loving and patient wife at home, a goodnatured suitandtie man, played by writerdirector pierre etaix, finds himself hopelessly attracted to his gorgeous. After fifteen years of average married life and stifling inlaws, a businessman undergoes a midlife crisis and pursues his attractive young secretary. Bertrand guayafpgetty etaixs first film in colour, le grand amour the great love, 1969, juggled inventively with the well. Le grand amour, directed by pierre etaix, is a comic meditation about that thing called love and the flights of fancy it inspires. He won an academy award for best live action short film in 1963. Le grand amour is a 1969 french comedy film directed by pierre etaix. From this simple, standard premise, etaix weaves a constantly surprising web of complexly conceived jokes.
The diminishing returns apparent in etaixs films, derived from tati but without the touch of genius unmistakable even if you find tati unfunny, came to a head with this tiresome whimsy which. Everything is fine in their relationship and at work. Alain janey, nicole calfan, annie fratellini, pierre etaix. Pierre married florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. Le grand amour, the french comedy by pierre etaix fandor. Oct 14, 2016 pierre etaix in his clown costume at a circus in 20. Pierre etaix is honored at film forum the new york times. One of the long films, the great love le grand amour starred his wife at the time as his wife.
Le film devra etre drole, feroce, mais egalement tendre et poetique. As in yoyo, etaix stars in the film, and accomplishes a whole lot with very little dialogue. The years pass by drearily until a young new secretary shows up. Show pierre etaix 1974 the day the clown cried gustav 1972 le grand amour pierre 1969. Le grand amour is a cutting, nearly bunuelian takedown of the bourgeoisie that somehow doesnt have a mean bone in its body. The laughter returns will be hosted by leonard maltin and actress genevieve bujold, who appeared with etaix in 1967s the thief of paris. Films include yoyo, le grand amour, and le soupirant. Le grand amour pierre etaix film a telecharger en vod. Il faut revoir ses premiers films, qui contiennent des. Dans le grand amour etaix et carriere nabandonnent pas les gags, mais ils leur assignent souvent une mission supplementaire. The return of pierre etaix and le grand amour the new yorker. Oct 19, 2012 le grand amour, directed by pierre etaix, is a comic meditation about that thing called love and the flights of fancy it inspires. Film profile for pierre etaix, director and actor, born 23 november 1928. And it serves as something of a direct rebuttal to his full length debut, the suitor.
Today, film forum launches its retrospective of etaixs films with a weeklong run of his 1969 feature le grand amour which ive written about. In this movie, etaix plays a man who rushes into marriage only to find himself longing to get out of it ten years later. These films will travel to other cities and be brought out on dvd by criterion. For more of cairnss takes on film comedy, check out his liner notes for our etaix box set and his first anatomy of. Director of his fatherinlaws factory, he spends his daytime signing checks and his evening watching tv. Le grand amour offers enough in the same vein as yoyo sharp but genteel humor that sneaks up on me, wrapped up in deftly executed cinematic trappings to make me feel right at ease in etaixs world, while tossing in some intriguing new elements, such as color film, and a more modern late 60s setting informed by significant tectonic shifts. Telecharger le grand amour film complet en francais vf hd. Avec pierre etaix, annie fratellini, nicole calfan, alain janey, ketty france. It may be a stretch to call the filmmaker a forgotten genius, but if nothing else, le grand amour makes a case that etaix was a fertile clown, overdue for a bow in the spotlight. Due to a legal dispute with a distribution company, his films were unavailable. Le grand amour the current the criterion collection. Le grand amour is the last full length narrative film that pierre etaix directed.