Gérard Patris

Filmes

Histoires naturelles : Max Ernst
Director
A film about German painter Max Ernst made by Gérard Patris.
Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life
Director
Documentary about Polish-American pianist, Arthur Rubinstein.
The Great Rehearsals: Momente
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Filmed during rehearsals for the premiere of Stockhausen's monumental work Momente. The revealing rehearsal sequences are interspersed with Stockhausen speaking of his youth, work process and the genesis and meaning of Momente.
Autoportrait Dubuffet
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Documentary about Jean Dubuffet
Autoportrait Dubuffet
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Documentary about Jean Dubuffet
Autoportrait
Director
The Flight of Icarus
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The Fall of Icarus proposes the magnification by the camera of a concrete material, the simple sand placed on a flat screen illuminated from behind, to reveal the changes of form and the movements of the matter once in contact with the elements: water, fire, earth and air. Particular care has been taken in the correspondence between sound and image: the compositions of the image (colors, knots of density, movements) surprisingly find their equivalence on the sound level in the music of Mireille CHAMASS.
Caustiques
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The term caustic designates optically the envelope of light rays undergoing reflection or refraction on a curved and shiny surface.
Les Grandes Répétitions
Director
Between 1965-68, the composer Luc Ferrari collaborated with director Gérard Patris on a series of filmed intimate portraits of great musicians, 'Les Grandes Répétitions' (The Great Rehearsals). Created for the ORTF, and encouraged by its director Pierre Schaeffer, these remarkable films were shown on French TV. They are remarkable not only for their exceptional content, but also for the creative camera work, including dynamic hand-held shots and croppings, and the juxtaposition of music and talk. Olivier Messiaen: Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum; Karlheinz Stockhausen: Momente; Edgar Varèse: Hommage À Edgar Varèse; Hermann Scherchen: Quand Un Homme Consacre Sa Vie À La Musique; Cecil Taylor: Cecil Taylor À Paris.