Robert Lapoujade

Movies

Les Mémoires de Don Quichotte
Cervantes (voice)
Les Mémoires de Don Quichotte
Director
Olivier Messiaen and the Birds
Animation
"A renowned composer and organist, Olivier Messiaen was also a great teacher. Michel Fano, who took his composition class at the Paris Conservatory, films some of the privileged moments of his teaching. This film, co-directed with Denise Tual, also shows Messiaen as a devotee, an ornithologist, and a synaesthete, evoking the fundamental concepts of his inspiration with an often sparkling ease (the musician imitating certain bird songs in a manner reminiscent of Rouch recreating the cries of wizards for certain films). In this way, the film boldly collides sequences with visual or sound correspondences, the directors succeeding in dragging us into the world of mystery and dreams dear to the musician." (François Waledisch)
The Vertical Smile
Writer
A kaleidoscope of images from history populate this skillfully animated French feature. The story concerns a history professor whose ideas about human history cause him distress. Amid a flurry of newsreel-type images, Joan of Arc's trial is shown. Another theme which emerges is of two ages (in the far past and far future) in which naked humans fight one another with animalistic aggression.
The Vertical Smile
Director
A kaleidoscope of images from history populate this skillfully animated French feature. The story concerns a history professor whose ideas about human history cause him distress. Amid a flurry of newsreel-type images, Joan of Arc's trial is shown. Another theme which emerges is of two ages (in the far past and far future) in which naked humans fight one another with animalistic aggression.
Le Socrate
Writer
A modern-day Socrates leaves behind his life as a philosopher to live off the land. When a police inspector is assigned to follow the man and question his motives, the cop gets caught up in the charming philosophy of the man who has left his material possessions behind. He encounters a pretty young woman and her nihilistic boyfriend, the latter who makes a living with his psychedelic side shows. The boyfriend gets the newspapers to print the philosopher's thoughts, prompting him to acquire a bevy of believers. There is some nudity in this comical thought-provoking story, but the main focus remains the words of the man who left behind creature comforts to find himself.
Le Socrate
Director
A modern-day Socrates leaves behind his life as a philosopher to live off the land. When a police inspector is assigned to follow the man and question his motives, the cop gets caught up in the charming philosophy of the man who has left his material possessions behind. He encounters a pretty young woman and her nihilistic boyfriend, the latter who makes a living with his psychedelic side shows. The boyfriend gets the newspapers to print the philosopher's thoughts, prompting him to acquire a bevy of believers. There is some nudity in this comical thought-provoking story, but the main focus remains the words of the man who left behind creature comforts to find himself.
Shadow of the Apple
Writer
An animated short film from Robert Lapoujade.
Shadow of the Apple
Director
An animated short film from Robert Lapoujade.
Vélodrame
Director
L'annonciation
Animation Director
Study of the suffocating materialism of modern society as an expression of prima ry retreat to infantilism.
Trois portraits d'un oiseau qui n'existe pas
Animation
Trois portraits d'un oiseau qui n'existe pas
Cinematography
Trois portraits d'un oiseau qui n'existe pas
Writer
Trois portraits d'un oiseau qui n'existe pas
Director
Prison
Editor
Prison
Cinematography
Prison
Writer
Prison
Director
Noir et blanc
Director
Foules
Director
Un comédien sans paradoxe
Director
An actor, passing from the box to the stage, successively interprets seven different characters.