In the presence of Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing – From November 30 to December 8, 2010 – Villa Arson – NICE
Free entry
On the occasion of the anniversary* of one of the most important living filmmakers who has never stopped renewing cinema (spearhead of the new wave, unique television experiences, innovative video, as well as formal inventions and experiments: jump cut, superimposition, image/sound/photo/text relationships), L’ECLAT proposes to see and listen to his films in relation to “history in the making.”
The connection between a giant of cinema in perpetual search, Jean-Luc GODARD and Wang BING, a young prodigy filmmaker twice selected at Cannes for his films exploring a China undergoing profound changes, highlights two ways of thinking and understanding contemporary history through cinematic expression, and ironically around video works!
On this theme, L’ECLAT will host, on Tuesday, November 30 from 6 pm, a program of “Instant Video,” a structure based in Marseille interested in new forms of writing in the fields of video art, multimedia installations, creative documentaries…
The event will take place in two parts:
Writer and essayist Guy SCARPETTA will introduce the documentary work of Jean-Luc GODARD, one of the few filmmakers who used the dialectic of images as a method of thinking about history and cinema. A large part of his films made in video remain scarcely shown, this will be an opportunity to assess their importance.
Patrick LEBOUTTE will present the work of Wang BING whose first film made in DV, “West of the Tracks,” an uncompromising testament to the lives of workers in a neighborhood destined to disappear, already figures among the great works of the 21st century. The discovery of other films by the filmmaker will allow appreciation of the relevance of his views on the history of contemporary China.
Through this event, L’ECLAT aims to provide an opportunity for the public, especially those in training, to experience cinema in “direct connection” with contemporary history.
*Jean-Luc Godard was born on December 3, 1930, in Paris. He will therefore be 80 years old during this event!THE PROGRAM
Jean-Luc GODARD
From December 1 to 4 at 6 pm and 8 pm
La chinoise (1967), Les carabiniers (1953), Ici et ailleurs (1976), Je vous salue Sarajevo (1993), The Old Place (1998), The Origin of the 21st Century (2000), Freedom and Fatherland (2002), Notre musique (2003), Histoire(s) du cinéma (2000), Film socialism (2010).
Wang BING
Sunday, December 5
West of the Tracks (2004, 9h):
2 pm – Rust 1 (124’)
4:30 pm – Rust 2 (119’)
7:30 pm – Remnants (178’)
Monday, December 6
West of the Tracks (2004, 9h):
6:30 pm – discussion
8 pm – Rails (135’)
Tuesday, December 7
7 pm – Fengming, Chronicle of a Chinese Woman (2007, 3h06)
Wednesday, December 8
8 pm – The Man Without a Name (2009, 2h)
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L’ECLAT is the Regional Center for Artistic Education and Film Training of the PACA region. It facilitates circulation between dissemination, training, and creation in the domain of visual and sound arts.
Addressing the widest audience, L’ECLAT fosters the meeting of arts by placing cinema in a debate with different artistic forms.
Located at Villa Arson, L’ECLAT develops a film program particularly valuing the works of young filmmakers or emerging cinemas, notably in connection with the activities of the National School of Art and the National Center of Contemporary Art.
Location for Cinema and Literature, Arts and Technologies Experiences
Villa Arson – 20 avenue Stephen Liégeard 06100 Nice
04 97 03 01 15 / 19 – www.villa-arson.org/cinema-leclat
