Frederick Wiseman's Paris Collection groups three documentaries: La Comédie-Française ou L'amour joué (1996), La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet (2009), and Crazy Horse (2011). Shot in Wiseman’s direct-cinema style—no interviews, no narration—they follow rehearsal, administration, casting, lighting, and the nightly demand to go onstage at the Comédie-Française, the Paris Opera Ballet, and the Crazy Horse nude revue. Taken together, the films are a study of how three historic Paris performance houses work, and of how bodies, craft, and looking are organized.
3 films
Frederick Wiseman (Director)
Jean-Pierre Miquel
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Claire Vernet
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Philippe Torreton
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Coraly Zahonero
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Michel Robin
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Roger Planchon
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Nicolas Silberg
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Catherine Sauval
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Thierry Hancisse
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Céline Samie
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Florence Viala
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Jacques Lassalle
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Jacques Sereys
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Roland Bertin
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Jean Dautremay
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Isabelle Gardien
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Andrzej Seweryn
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Yannis Kokkos
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Catherine Samie
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Anne Kessler
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François Beaulieu
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La Comédie-Française is the oldest continuous repertory company in the world, founded in late 17th-century Paris. This is the first time a documentary filmmaker has been allowed to examine all the aspects of this great theatrical company. Sequences include sections of plays, casting, set and costume design, administrative meetings and rehearsals and performances of four classic French plays, Don Juan by Molière, La Thebaide by Racine, La Double Inconstance by Marivaux, and Occupe-toi d'Amelie by Feydeau.
