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Jacques Rozier

August 16-22

It is well-established that the French New Wave forever changed our understanding of what a film could be, playing with both the medium’s formal conventions and Hollywood’s immortal iconography to produce some of cinema’s most stylish and enduringly influential works. Yet, for as large as such figures as Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, and Éric Rohmer loom within standard accounts of this incomparably fertile period of film history, less well-known are the works of their contemporary Jacques Rozier, whose 1962 debut feature, Adieu Philippine, was a particular cause for the critic-iconoclasts of Cahiers du Cinéma. Across five idiosyncratic, episodic features, and an assortment of fiction and documentary short films, Rozier distinguished himself from his peers through his fixation on the idea of vacations as theatrical staging grounds upon which his magnetic actors could play and simply be, making him something like a more lighthearted (though no less complex) counterpart to his fellow New Waver, Jacques Rivette. It is remarkable that Rozier’s influence has been so profoundly felt considering how rarely his singular films have screened outside of France. On the occasion of an assortment of new restorations of his signature films (including Du côté d’Orouët [1973] and Maine-Océan [1986]), Film at Lincoln Center presents a long overdue (and appropriately summer-set) retrospective dedicated to this unheralded legend of French cinema.

Organized by Florence Almozini and Dan Sullivan. Presented in collaboration with Janus Films.

midnitedave wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:57 pm The Kaiju Kingdom reposted an "exclusive" report that Toho is working with Janus Films to distribute Godzilla Minus One.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2024 8:50 pm This is highly likely not true since the Twitter account posting that is GeekGab's alt account, as well as producer Kazuaki Kishida straight up calling it fake news.

dwk wrote: Tue Jul 09, 2024 8:03 pm So none of the special features have English subtitles and the booklet is also Japanese only. At least they bothered to put English subs on the film.

dwk wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2024 4:39 pm And the following Jacques Rozier titles have been added to Janus' site
Adieu Philippine (1962)
Near Orouet (1971)
The Castaways of Turtle Island (1976)
Maine-Océan Express (1986)
Fifi Martingale (2001)

yoloswegmaster wrote: Fri May 31, 2024 9:37 pm The Time Masters

yoloswegmaster wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2024 4:34 am Janus is listed as the licensor for Parajanov's Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors

therewillbeblus wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 2:29 am Looks like a Deaf Crocodile type release - is it any better than their slate, or more of the same?

Big Ben wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 3:09 am

therewillbeblus wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 2:29 am Looks like a Deaf Crocodile type release - is it any better than their slate, or more of the same?

It has the some of the most batshit insane Cinematography you'll ever see. Roger Ebert once described the experience as requiring a seatbelt. It rules. Criterion should absolutely be releasing it.

Big Ben wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 3:09 am It has the some of the most batshit insane Cinematography you'll ever see. Roger Ebert once described the experience as requiring a seatbelt. It rules. Criterion should absolutely be releasing it.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Sun Jul 21, 2024 1:22 am

dwk wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2024 4:39 pm And the following Jacques Rozier titles have been added to Janus' site
Adieu Philippine (1962)
Near Orouet (1971)
The Castaways of Turtle Island (1976)
Maine-Océan Express (1986)
Fifi Martingale (2001)

Janus also has the rights to 3 Rozier short films: Blue Jeans, Bardot, Godard: Le parti des choses, and Paparazzi (all of which have received 2K restorations). In the Wind / Dans le vent, Roméos et Jupettes, and Marketing Mix are being screened at Lincoln Center but no rightsholder is listed.

Buttery Jeb wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 12:43 pm Janus Films unveiled the poster for their new 4K restoration of Basqiuat.