French Archives - Pier Marton

Buñuel’s Religious Punch – The Milky Way Plays in St. Louis

by Pier Marton | Mar 9, 2019 | Art, Complexity, Education, Ego, Film, French, Hispanic, History, Ideas, Mystery, Religion, STL, Uncategorized, Violence

Through Cinema St. Louis & its 11th Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival Saturday, Mar. 9 at 7:30pm with Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff & Delphine Seyrig 1969/101 min. ————— ADDENDUM [Now that the screening is over – two links to the film] Through your...

Robert Bresson in St. Louis: Au Hasard Balthazar (in 35mm!)

by Pier Marton | Mar 19, 2017 | Complexity, Doc, Eco, Film, France, French, Ideas, Idées, Mystery, STL

There is not one heart for humans and another heart for animals… Either one has a heart or one does not. Il n’y a pas un cœur pour les hommes et un autre cœur pour les animaux… On a du cœur ou on n’en a pas — Lamartine The rare screening of a 35mm print by one of...

SLIFF 16 BUZZ – Highlights & Recommendations

by Pier Marton | Nov 4, 2016 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Death, France, French, Hispanic, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Racism, STL

[WITH THREE TREASURES] – find them below – Again, the St. Louis wow-festival is a trip! This year, SLIFF after 2300 submissions – not counting distributors and studio considerations – will screen 420 films from 72 countries! Below are some recommendations – I am...

SLIFF BUZZ 2015 (An Overview)

by Pier Marton | Nov 2, 2015 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Film, France, French, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Racism, Religion, Shoah, STL, Time, Travel, US, Violence, Wars, Women, World, Youth

With my Recommendations Below — tickets are on sale now — The 2015 Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) November 5 – November 15 A UNIQUE CHANCE TO WATCH CINEMATIC TREASURES… … films which, no matter how outstanding they are, often will not find a...

Gemma Bovery – a film review

by Pier Marton | Jul 12, 2015 | Books, Death, Film, France, French, Humor, Review, STL

Leaving St. Louis Thursday July 16. 2015 Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema – Map Hours: 11:10 – 1:40 – 4:30 – 7:05 My Review: ” I can resist everything except temptation.” — Oscar Wilde. A light comedy to delight those who are too willing to fall under the charm of...

Robert Bresson Praised & Screened in St. Louis

by Pier Marton | Mar 29, 2015 | Art, Film, France, French, KeyFilm, Music, Poet, Sound

ADDENDUM One of the most thorough interviews with Robert Bresson by Charles Thomas Samuels HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ALSO “Ni Vu, Ni Connu” a one-hour filmed interview – included on the brilliant Blu-Ray Criterion DVD of A Man Escaped – A Man Escaped Un Condamné à Mort s’est...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus