Hi Michael, Thank you for another excellent appreciation of a terrific director. Wish I could chime in but I've only seen a few very early Chabrols. Am looking forward to your Pasolini deep dive. I've only seen one of his films. I somehow would up seeing Accattone three or four time in a theater and I very much liked it. I'm sure you'll have something to say about it. .
Fantastic retrospective as ever. The (2) Arrow Chabrol box sets are magnifique, and they were almost giving them away at silly prices when I bought them. Interested in your upcoming look at Pasolini - a long way away from being a favourite director of mine, so waiting to see if you can you persuade me of his merits. I did go see a fair few of them on the big screen at the (then) NFT back in the 1980s to give them a fair chance but they did nothing for me and I can barely remember any of them, apart from Teorema and Pigsty (and of course Salo which I didn't see at the NFT but did catch up with later on blu ray - and I'm glad I didn't see that one at a cinema).
@@michaelbartlettfilm I saw it in the cinema as well, at a local arthouse venue with the screening sponsored by the local film society (as a midnight screening). I invited my father and my first cousin (a bit older than me) to accompany me, and at one point my father turned in his seat to silently glare at me. I don't remember any walkouts, but the audience seemed uncomfortable upon leaving, and my cousin has ever since refused to entertain any movie recommendations I've made, after I defended Pasolini's film as an artistic masterpiece (albeit a highly vexing one).
@@barrymoore4470 Wow, that was brave, inviting anyone along to that movie!! I can't remember if I saw it alone or with someone, perhaps testament to its overwhelming impact on me.
Interesting video once again! Also what you are talking about with Michael Caine's acting masterclass, I have not seen that video before, so I will theck it out. The only one of these Chabrol films you are mentioning, that I have seen is La Cérémonie. Although I agree it is well - directed and acted, I unfortunately didnt feel that much for it overall - Sorry Mike. But I enjoy your take on it and the other films aswell. I will try to watch those one day.
I remain woefully underexposed to Chabrol's work, including all four of these films, the last cited being completely new to me. I remember catching just a bit of 'Violette Nozière' on cable quite some time ago, but not enough to form any kind of adequate assessment of the whole. One reason I have yet to catch up with 'La Cérémonie' is my apprehension for the subject and climax, fearing that it might prove too distressing for me (I find as I am aging that representations of violence have become more upsetting to me, and I have to steel myself psychologically before engaging with a work I anticipate will feature such content). Incidentally, John Waters, in offering a capsule review of Skolimowski's 'EO' in 'Artforum', cited Huppert as the greatest screen actress of our present moment. I am looking forward to your series on Pasolini, though his last film is unquestionably one of the most upsetting in cinematic history.
@@michaelbartlettfilm Waters submitted a witty article to 'Artforum' decades ago where he came out as a closet art-film aficionado, citing the films of Marguerite Duras and Pasolini's 'Salò', among several others, as especially meaningful for him. He also has long identified as a big Fassbinder fan.
I misremembered the journal in which Waters initially revealed his shocking taste for European art films. It was not 'Artforum' (a magazine to which Waters has nonetheless contributed regularly), but rather 'Film Comment', apparently the July/August 1983 issue.
Well I watched “La Ceremonie” and loved it. Will definitely be watching that again. Huppert really is an extraordinary performer.
Great! Thanks for letting me know, Euan. I'm a great fan of that film, so it feels good to pass on the love.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Hi Michael,
Thank you for another excellent appreciation of a terrific director. Wish I could chime in but I've only seen a few very early Chabrols. Am looking forward to your Pasolini deep dive. I've only seen one of his films. I somehow would up seeing Accattone three or four time in a theater and I very much liked it. I'm sure you'll have something to say about it. .
Thanks, Willie! Can't wait to get Pasolini-ing myself!
I haven't seen any of these films, but as always I enjoyed your video and learned from it. 👍
Thanks, Julie!
Point of order - Violette Noziere only killed her father. Her mother survived the poisoning.
Fantastic retrospective as ever. The (2) Arrow Chabrol box sets are magnifique, and they were almost giving them away at silly prices when I bought them. Interested in your upcoming look at Pasolini - a long way away from being a favourite director of mine, so waiting to see if you can you persuade me of his merits. I did go see a fair few of them on the big screen at the (then) NFT back in the 1980s to give them a fair chance but they did nothing for me and I can barely remember any of them, apart from Teorema and Pigsty (and of course Salo which I didn't see at the NFT but did catch up with later on blu ray - and I'm glad I didn't see that one at a cinema).
Watching Salo at the cinema was a bizarre experience, to be fair. Everyone squirming in their seat and looking thunderstruck at the end!
@@michaelbartlettfilm I saw it in the cinema as well, at a local arthouse venue with the screening sponsored by the local film society (as a midnight screening). I invited my father and my first cousin (a bit older than me) to accompany me, and at one point my father turned in his seat to silently glare at me. I don't remember any walkouts, but the audience seemed uncomfortable upon leaving, and my cousin has ever since refused to entertain any movie recommendations I've made, after I defended Pasolini's film as an artistic masterpiece (albeit a highly vexing one).
@@barrymoore4470 Wow, that was brave, inviting anyone along to that movie!! I can't remember if I saw it alone or with someone, perhaps testament to its overwhelming impact on me.
Interesting video once again! Also what you are talking about with Michael Caine's acting masterclass, I have not seen that video before, so I will theck it out. The only one of these Chabrol films you are mentioning, that I have seen is La Cérémonie. Although I agree it is well - directed and acted, I unfortunately didnt feel that much for it overall - Sorry Mike. But I enjoy your take on it and the other films aswell. I will try to watch those one day.
Thanks, Nikolaj! Hope you enjoy the Michael Caine masterclass. It's a bloody good watch, as Michael himself would say.
@@michaelbartlettfilm I will look forward to it🙂
I remain woefully underexposed to Chabrol's work, including all four of these films, the last cited being completely new to me. I remember catching just a bit of 'Violette Nozière' on cable quite some time ago, but not enough to form any kind of adequate assessment of the whole. One reason I have yet to catch up with 'La Cérémonie' is my apprehension for the subject and climax, fearing that it might prove too distressing for me (I find as I am aging that representations of violence have become more upsetting to me, and I have to steel myself psychologically before engaging with a work I anticipate will feature such content).
Incidentally, John Waters, in offering a capsule review of Skolimowski's 'EO' in 'Artforum', cited Huppert as the greatest screen actress of our present moment.
I am looking forward to your series on Pasolini, though his last film is unquestionably one of the most upsetting in cinematic history.
Thanks, Barry! It's interesting how John Waters has got quite good taste! After years of being dubbed "the Pope of Trash"!
@@michaelbartlettfilm Waters submitted a witty article to 'Artforum' decades ago where he came out as a closet art-film aficionado, citing the films of Marguerite Duras and Pasolini's 'Salò', among several others, as especially meaningful for him. He also has long identified as a big Fassbinder fan.
I misremembered the journal in which Waters initially revealed his shocking taste for European art films. It was not 'Artforum' (a magazine to which Waters has nonetheless contributed regularly), but rather 'Film Comment', apparently the July/August 1983 issue.