LE FILM EST DÉJÀ COMMENCÉ ?

by Maurice LEMAÎTRE
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« Heir to the dadaist, surrealist and abstract filmmakers of the 1920s, Lemaître was able to combine equally aesthetics with politics - no easy task and one that fully justifies the current recognition of his work. »
- Gérard Courant, Libération

One of the founding works of lettrist cinema, Le Film est déjà commencé? (Has the Feature Started Yet?) became a major event during its first screenings in Paris in 1951. Despite the critics' lack of consideration, this film's undeniable influence - direct or hidden - on the New Wave as much as on today's cinema makes it a landmark in film history.

« This film must be projected under special conditions: on a screen of new shapes and material and with spectacular goings-on in the cinema lobby and theatre (disruptions, forced jostling, dialogues spoken aloud, confetti and gunshots aimed at the screen...). This is not just a projection, but a true film show, the style of which Maurice Lemaître is the creator. »
- Maurice Lemaître, 1951

Digital Restoration master made by Light Cone and the CNC.

BONUS

PORTRAIT OF MAURICE LEMAÎTRE by Pip Chodorov (2004, 15 min, 16mm/DV)

Contains a 60-page booklet with texts by Raphaël Bassan and Marc Plas


CONTENT


LE FILM EST DÉJÀ COMMENCÉ ?
1951 / couleur / sonore / 62' 00
by Maurice LEMAÎTRE

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release date 2019
publisher Re:Voir
format PAL
zone Zone-free
number of disks 1
running time 77 min.
subtitles English, French