Talk:Pierre Étaix

Pierre Etaix - illustrator.

I have a book, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday. The author is Jean-Claude Carrière, it is 'With Illustrations by Pierre Étaix', translated from the french by A.E.Ellis, published by Heinemann 1959, originally published in France, 1958 by Robert Laffont. It is a novelisation of the film, very good, and the illustrations are excellent. There are approximately 90 illustrations, small black & white line drawings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.12.254.92 (talk) 03:06, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

• Yes indeed he is very well known also for his drawings, of Jacques Tati, or Jerry Lewis, of clowns, etc.Hektor (talk) 06:18, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

details of copyright dispute?

Sources for the article (currently) are rather below Wikipedia standards, namely an apparent fan site www.lesfilmsdetaix.fr and the IMDb bio page. What exactly was the copyright dispute that kept the films in a vault for so long, and how was it resolved? Here are a few sources to be incorporated into the article:

• G. Moréas (25 OCT 2008). "Le clown devant les juges". POLICEtcetera: Le blog de Georges Moréas, Commissaire principal honoraire de la Police nationale. LeMonde.fr. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• G. Moréas (1 NOV 2008). "Le clown contre gavroche". Police et cetera: Le blog de Georges Moréas, Commissaire principal honoraire de la Police nationale. LeMonde.fr. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Lizzy Davies (6 MAY 2009). "Pierre Etaix's marathon court battle to get his films back on French screens". The Guardian. The eventual ruling, expected later this year, is eagerly awaited by Etaix's legion of devoted fans, who have endured years of a blanket ban on his feature-length work. Ever since 1996, when a contractual mix-up between Etaix and Carrière marked the first step in their films' disappearance, the slapstick classics have not been available on DVD, in cinemas or on television. In recent years France's "invisible director" has had just one moment of glory, when, at the 2007 Cannes film festival, a restored version of Yoyo was shown to rapt crowds and huge applause. The Groupama Gan Foundation, which carried out the restoration, is being sued by Gavroche. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Rébecca Frasquet and Dorothée Moisan (26 JUNE 2009). "La justice redonne au cinéaste Pierre Etaix les droits sur ses films". Le Point.fr. AFP. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• "Le cinéaste Pierre Etaix remonte sur les planches d'un théâtre bordelais". AFP. 19 JAN 2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• "Clooney, Swinton and Étaix to be honored at Telluride film fest". The Independent (U.K.). Relaxnews. 2 SEPT 2011. Retrieved 22 DEC 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help) Source for Étaix receiving the Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion
• "Academy Brings Back the Laughter with Pierre Étaix: Étaix to Appear in Person" (Press release). The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2 NOV 2011. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Susan King (15 NOV 2011). "Pierre Etaix's legendary comedies come to Los Angeles". 24 Frames: Movies: Past, Present and Future. Los Angeles Times. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Le Figaro 16-NOV-2011 Note: this article is erroneous in claiming that Étaix is receiving an honorary Oscar, given that one error it is hard to rely confidently on the rest of what it says
• discussion thread at Nitrateville Note: casts doubt on the assertion that Etaix's films have been "unavailable for 40 years", it is claimed that they were televised in the UK in the 1980s, someone else claims they were screened in North Dakota in the 1970s or '80s.
• thread at Criterionforum.org claims films were shown on Channel 4 (in Britain) in the early 1980s
• Pamela Hutchinson (23 DEC 2011). "At last, Pierre Étaix's classic clowning returns to the big screen: The celebrated 'French Buster Keaton' has finally won his battle over distribution rights to get his films shown again". Film Blog. Guardian.co.uk. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• NICOLAS RAPOLD (12 OCT 2012). "The Grace, and the Glee, of a Clown: Pierre Étaix is Honored at Film Forum". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 DEC 2012. The rights problem surrounding his films and shorts stems from an unfavorable early contract and was not resolved until 2010. An out-of-court agreement was reached with help from the Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema, which finances and promotes restorations, among other things, and the Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
• Kristin M. Jones (17 OCT 2012). "Back in the Spotlight". The Wall Street Journal. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Film Forum
• California Film Institute (Dec. 2012)
• Dennis Harvey (4 DEC 2012). "Le grand career: A delightful series shines a new spotlight on French comedian Pierre Étaix". SFBG This Week. San Francisco Bay Guardian Online. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• The Cinematheque (Vancouver B.C.) (Dec 2012/Jan 2013)
• Northwest Film Forum (February 2013)
• Technicolor Film Foundation / Fondation Technicolor pour le patrimoine du cinéma

Mathew5000 (talk) 03:57, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Insomnie (1961) Short unreleased

This short, Insomnie, I see in Spanish Theaters in year 1968. --Estruch (talk) 21:36, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Hey, what the heck you guys

This page looks lousy. Look at that big stupid box. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.26.27.79 (talk) 01:05, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Readability/clarity?

At least this sentence makes no sense: "During the summer of 1969 he made the land of plenty on 16mm film for which he is reviled by critics who does not forgive his sad for the development of the consumer society, the day after May 68"

And that aside much of the article reads as if it was google translated into english from french. Can someone go through and proof read for clarity please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.77.151.201 (talk) 01:00, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Reassessed as a start

This article has been reassessed as a start according to Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment. I have added a night about referencing. Capitalistroadster (talk) 00:09, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

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