Comments on: Eric Rohmer (1920 – 2010) http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/eric-rohmer-894/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Tue, 22 May 2012 06:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Pablo Luis Gonzalez http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/eric-rohmer-894/#comment-489580 Pablo Luis Gonzalez Sun, 02 May 2010 15:01:24 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20621#comment-489580 That is a very good question: Why new filmmakers want to be the next Tarantino or Cameron, but not Rohmer? Whilst I have always been interested in the New Wave directors, over the years I have found that many of their films have not aged well, with the exception of la Varda and Rohmer. I am not going to mention which one of his films is my preferred: they all are. Life is. It is the humanity of his study of character that I find so endearing, without the coldness of, for example, Haneke's early films. That is a very good question: Why new filmmakers want to be the next Tarantino or Cameron, but not Rohmer?

Whilst I have always been interested in the New Wave directors, over the years I have found that many of their films have not aged well, with the exception of la Varda and Rohmer. I am not going to mention which one of his films is my preferred: they all are. Life is. It is the humanity of his study of character that I find so endearing, without the coldness of, for example, Haneke’s early films.

]]> By: bright_star http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/eric-rohmer-894/#comment-485657 bright_star Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:01:28 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20621#comment-485657 What a wonderful article, I feel the same way about Rohmer. I like Truffaut, and Varda, and some of Resnais work, but Rohmer is really the only director i can connect with, over and over. All the other new wavers leave me kinda cold. I am almost sure I know the scene you're describing in AUTUMN TALE, where Gerald approaches Magali for the first time at the wedding and she askes if she can pour him a glass of wine. That scene is so pregnant with all sorts of emotions. There is an art to what Rohmer does and its beautiful. What a wonderful article, I feel the same way about Rohmer. I like Truffaut, and Varda, and some of Resnais work, but Rohmer is really the only director i can connect with, over and over.
All the other new wavers leave me kinda cold.
I am almost sure I know the scene you’re describing in AUTUMN TALE, where Gerald approaches Magali for the first time at the wedding and she askes if she can pour him a glass of wine. That scene is so pregnant with all sorts of emotions. There is an art to what Rohmer does and its beautiful.

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