Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman
By: AMIP, La Sept-ARTE, I'Ina/CHEMAH I.S. ; written and directed by Chantal Akerman
Contributors: Sept/Arte (Firm); Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France); Audiovisuel Multimedia International Production; CHEMAH I.S.; First Run/Icarus Films
Series: Cinema, of our time; Cinema, of our time
Publisher: First Run/Icarus Films
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, NY]
Language: fre
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Motion pictures; Biographical films; Women motion picture producers and directors; Motion picture producers and directors; Production and direction; Interviews; Documentary films
Other titles: Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman; Chantal Akerman
Description: Part one: Akerman, in her apartment, reads from a text directly to the camera, describing the problems she encountered making this film. What emerges from this mise-en-scene is a funny, often personal, and always thoughtful confession from this extremely perceptive filmmaker. Part two lets Akerman's films speak for her, taking clips from her extensive filmography and linking them anonymously until they form a new film. There are scenes from "Jeanne Dielman," her best-known film, but also glimpses of several other works - forays into experimental film, comedic shorts, musicals, narrative features - including an early short that stars a very young Chantal.
Notes: Originally produced in France in 1996.

Photography, Rémon Fromont ; sound, Xavier Vauthrin ; editor, Claire Atherton.

DVD.

In French with English subtitles.