Montparnasse is a French short documentary film, released in 1929, that was directed, filmed and produced by Eugène Deslaw, a Ukrainian filmmaker.[1][2] The film is also known as Montparnasse: Poème du Café crème; Montparnasse ou le poème du café crème; Quatre Cafés.[3][4]
| Montparnasse | |
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| Directed by | Eugène Deslaw |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Content
editA city symphony film[5] that hones in on the specific Parisian district of Montparnasse. The film has countless shots of the mundane or ordinary, capturing everyday items and activities within the neighborhood of Montparnasse.[1]
Production
editMany scenes capture shadows, different camera angles show the hustle and bustle of the city life on the street, art being created and sold in street markets, café culture, folks sharing a laugh and more. Some of the people featured in this film, Tsuguharu Foujita, Luigi Russolo, Luis Buñuel, and Yuki Katsura are said to have become famous afterwards according to Translucent being: Eugène Deslaw.[6]
The entire film is in black and white and features many experimental camera movements and angles.[7] Deslaw plays with tilted or skewed camera angles, several shots wipe into the next and there is no shortage of whips and pans in scenes.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Jacobs, S., Kinik, A., & Hielscher, E. (2019). Montparnasse (a.k.a. Montparnasse: Poème du Café Crème). In The City Symphony Phenomenon: Cinema, art, and urban modernity between the wars (pp. 268–269). essay, Routledge.
- ^ "Autour d'Eugène Deslaw - "Delikatessen-regisseur"". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ PointCulture. "| PointCulture". www.pointculture.be. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ Imaginaires parisiens (in French). CREDHESS. 2004.
- ^ Jacobs, Steven; Hielscher, Eva; Kinik, Anthony (2018-07-20). The City Symphony Phenomenon: Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-21557-8.
- ^ Hosejko, L. (2015, October 19). Translucent being: Eugène Deslaw. "Translucent Being: Eugène Deslaw | DOK.REVUE". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ Deslaw, Eugène, Montparnasse, poème du café-crème / Eugène Deslaw, réal., retrieved 2024-01-13
External links
edit- Montparnasse at IMDb
- Montparnasse at Ubu
