Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960) /

The result of collaboration between filmmaker-anthropologist Jean Rouch and sociologist Edgar Morin, this work of what Morin would term cinema verite is a sociopolitical diagnosis of the early sixties in France. By interviewing a group of Paris residents in the summer of 1960, Rouch and Morin reveal...

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Main Author:	Di Iorio, Sam (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Janus Films, Cineteca comunale (Bologna, Italy), Argos Films, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Dauman, Anatole, 1925-1998 (Producer), Rouch, Jean (Director, Interviewer), Morin, Edgar (Director, Interviewer), Morillère, Roger (director of photography.), Coutard, Raoul (director of photography.), Tarbès, Jean-Jacques (director of photography.), Brault, Michel, 1928-2013 (director of photography.), Ravel, Jean (Film editor), Baratier, Néna (Film editor), Colin, Françoise (Film editor), Barbaud, Pierre (composer (expression))
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	French
Language Notes:	In French with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Series:	Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 648.
Subjects:	Happiness > France > Paris. France > Social conditions > 1945-1995. Documentary films. Ethnographic films. Nonfiction films. Cinéma vérité films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Motion pictures > France. Foreign films.

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Summary:	The result of collaboration between filmmaker-anthropologist Jean Rouch and sociologist Edgar Morin, this work of what Morin would term cinema verite is a sociopolitical diagnosis of the early sixties in France. By interviewing a group of Paris residents in the summer of 1960, Rouch and Morin reveal the hopes and dreams of a wide array of people and give us a document of a time and place with extraordinary depth.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Special features: New 2K digital master from the Cineteca di Bologna restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; "Un ete + 50" (2011), a seventy-five-minute documentary featuring outtakes from the film, along with new interviews with codirector Edgar Morin and some of the film's participants; Archival interviews with co-director Jean Rouch and Marceline Loridan; New interview with anthropology professor Faye Ginsburg; plus: Booklet featuring an essay by scholar Sam Di Iorio. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (33 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Format:	Blu-ray Disc, region A, widescreen (1.37:1 aspect ratio; 16:9) presentation; PCM mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:	Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Roger Morillère, Raoul Coutard, Jean-Jacques Tarbès, Michel Brault ; editors, Jean Ravel, Néna Baratier, Françoise Colin ; music, Pierre Barbaud.
ISBN:	9781604656916 1604656913