Favorite Film Series: Claire’s Knee (Rohmer, 1970)
Claire’s Knee is my favorite film from my least favorite year of film history.
Tag: Eric Rohmer
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Revisiting Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales–Suzanne’s Career
For all of Rohmer's honesty about the emotional cowardice of (young) men, these films stop short of simply man-bashing.
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Revisiting Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales: The Bakery Girl of Monceau
"Why film a story when one can write it? Why write it when one is going to film it?" Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales are a treasure for anyone who has ever tired to think deeply about the intersections of film and literature.
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Love in the Afternoon (Rohmer, 1972)
The Criterion DVD had an interview with Neil Labute talking about how Rohmer influenced him, but I confess that towards the end of Love in the Afternoon, the film I kept thinking about was Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut.