Claire Denis

Claire Denis
Claire Denis

Claire Denis (n. el 21 de abril de 1948) es una directora de cine nacida en Francia y profesora del European Graduate School en Saas-Fee, Switzerland.[1]

Contenido

Primeros años

Denis nació en París, y creció en diferentes colonias francesas(Burkina Faso, Somalia, Senegal y Cameroon), where her father was a French civil servant.[2] She moved houses every two years because her father wanted them to know about geography. She used to watch the old damaged copies of war films sent from America when she was growing up in Africa. As an adolescent she loved to read. She would read all the required material in school, but would then sneak her mother's detective stories at night.[3]

Carrera

Denis initially studied economics, but, she has said, "It was completely suicidal. Everything pissed me off."[3] She then went to the IDHEC, the French film school, at the encouragement of her husband. He told her she needed to figure out what she wanted to do.[3] She graduated from the IDHEC, and served as assistant to Jacques Rivette, Costa-Gavras, Jim Jarmusch, and Wim Wenders. Since 2002 Claire Denis is a Professor of Film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.[1]

Her debut feature film Chocolat (1988), a semi-autobiographical meditation on African colonialism, won her critical acclaim. With films such as US Go Home (1994), Nénette et Boni (1996), Beau travail (1999), Trouble Every Day (2001), and Vendredi soir (2002) she established a reputation as a filmmaker who "has been able to reconcile the lyricism of French cinema with the impulse to capture the often harsh face of contemporary France."[4]

A large number of Denis' films concentrate on the everyday lives of immigrants and French people of African origin. Indeed, a lion's share of her films possess a central character that is a black male; this tendency remains unique to Denis in both France and abroad. However, Denis' films can be said to maintain less avowed political overtness than subtle multiculturalism and plurality.

Denis was a band leader, worked as an actress, notably in Venus Beauty Institute (2000), and directed for French TV. Two of her movies (L'Intrus and her contribution to Ten Minutes Older: The Cello) were inspired by the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, as Denis and Nancy have confirmed in a video lecture at European Graduate School.[5]

Style

The majority of Denis' oeuvre uses location work over studio work. She sometimes places her actors as if they were positioned for still photography. She uses longer takes with a stationary camera and frames things in long shot, resulting in fewer close ups. However, Denis' cinematic and topical focus always remains relentlessly on the faces and bodies of her protagonists. The subject's body in space, and how the particular terrain, weather, and color of the landscape influences and interacts with the human subjects of her films maintains cinematic dominance.

Filmografía

Feature films

  • Chocolat / Chocolate (1988)
  • S'en fout la mort / No Fear, No Die (1990)
  • J'ai pas sommeil / I Can't Sleep (1994)
  • Nénette et Boni / Nenette and Boni (1996)
  • Beau travail / Good Work (1999)
  • Trouble Every Day (2001)
  • Vendredi soir / Friday Night (2002)
  • L'intrus / The Intruder (2004)
  • 35 rhums / 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
  • White Material (2009)

Short films

  • Keep It for Yourself (1991)
  • Contre l'oubli / Against Oblivion (1991)
    • segment: Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan
  • Boom-Boom (1994)
  • Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge / All the Boys and the Girls of Their Age (1994)
    • segment: US Go Home
  • À propos de Nice, la suite (1995)
    • segment: Nice, Very Nice
  • Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
    • segment: Vers Nancy / Towards Nancy

Documentary films

  • Man No Run (1989)
  • Jacques Rivette, le veilleur / Jacques Rivette, the Watchman (1990)
  • Vers Mathilde / Towards Mathilde (2005)

Further reading

References

  1. a b «Claire Denis Faculty Page at European Graduate School (Biography, bibliography and video lectures)». European Graduate School. Consultado el 27-10-2010.
  2. Hermione Eyre, "Claire Denis on filmmaking and feminism," Prospect, June 21 2010, http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/06/loving-the-lost-and-monstrous/
  3. a b c Ancian, Aimé. «Claire Denis: An Interview», Senses of Cinema. Consultado el 26 de noviembre de 2006.
  4. Taylor, Charles. «Beau Travail», Salon.com, 31-03-2000. Consultado el 13 de junio de 2006.
  5. Claire Denis and Jean-Luc Nancy. L'Intrus. The Intruder. European Graduate School. Video Lecture. 2007.

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