Claudio Pazienza, an Italo-Belgian multilingual filmmaker, advocates for a joyful knowledge. The titles of his films (“Money Told to Children and Their Parents,” “Spirit of Beer,” “Wild Boar Hunting Scene”) indicate how much his filmography invents “funny” situations. Go discover the “cinema of artists” around Claudio Pazienza from November 9 to 12, 2011, at Villa Arson.
Blurring genres and narrative levels, Claudio Pazienza creates films of striking originality for the viewer, who is sensitive to his freedom of tone, his formal and narrative inventions, and above all, his humor.
In this program, the question of identity and origin will be answered through the form of autobiography and self-portrait, with inspirations nourished by painting and literature, expanding the documentary genre beyond direct cinema.
Following Frédéric Sabouraud, a specialist in documentary cinema, Mathilde Roman, an expert in video art, will engage in a conversation with the filmmaker to highlight the intersections between contemporary art and documentary in his work.
The carte blanche offered to Claudio Pazienza will be an opportunity to (re)discover the famous film by Parajanov, “Sayat Nova,” and explore a subtle side of English social cinema, with filmmakers (Terence Davies and Bill Douglas) expressing more poetic and personal styles than Ken Loach.
“The cinema of artists”
Program:
Wednesday, November 9
What is the purpose of cinema?
6:00 PM >> Screening followed by a lecture by Frédéric Sabouraud and a discussion with Claudio Pazienza
Archipels nitrate (2009, 62 min), evening primarily dedicated to students from Villa Arson and ESRA
Thursday, November 10. Cinema, Painting
6:00 PM >> Carte blanche to Claudio Pazienza
Sayat nova by Sergei Parajanov (1969, 1h17)
The Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Childhood (United Kingdom, 1972, 44 min)
8:30 PM >> Screening followed by a lively discussion with Frédéric Sabouraud and a meeting with Claudio Pazienza
Tableau avec chutes (1997, 1h43)
Friday, November 11
The question of documentary. The end of direct cinema?
7:00 PM >> Screening followed by a discussion with Claudio Pazienza led by Frédéric Sabouraud
Wild Boar Hunting Scene (2007, 46 min)
8:30 PM >> Screening followed by a presentation by Claudio Pazienza on his editing approach
Spirit of Beer (2000, 52 min)
Saturday, November 12:
Identity / Self-portrait
6:00 PM >> Screening followed by a discussion between Mathilde Roman and Claudio Pazienza
Money Told to Children and Their Parents (2002, 53 min)
7:30 PM >> Screening followed by a discussion between Mathilde Roman and Claudio Pazienza
Exercises in Disappearance (2011, 50 min)
9:30 PM >> Carte blanche to Claudio Pazienza
Distant Voices, Still Lives by Terence Davies (1988, 1h25)
