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The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 61 – Claude Autant-Lara: Four Romantic Escapes From Occupied France
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This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss four films from Eclipse Series 45: Claude Autante-Lara – Four Romantic Escapes from Occupied France.
About the films:
Too often overlooked after his work was spurned by the New Wave iconoclasts as belonging to the “tradition of quality,” Claude Autant-Lara was one of France’s leading directors of the 1940s and ’50s. He began as a set and costume designer and went on to direct French-language versions of American comedies in Hollywood, but it was back in his home country that Autant-Lara came into his own as a filmmaker. He found his sophisticated and slyly subversive voice with these four romances, produced during the dark days of the German occupation. Sumptuously appointed even while being critical of class hierarchy, these films—all made with the same corps of collaborators, including the charmingly impetuous star Odette Joyeux—endure as a testament to the quick wit and exquisite visual sense of the director whose name they established.
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Episode Links
Claude Autant-Lara
- Wikipedia
- Films de France
- The Guardian (obituary)
- New York Times (obituary)
Box Set Reviews
Bertrand Tavernier on Claude Autant-Lara’s DOUCE from Criterion Collection on Vimeo.
Contact us
- Email: theeclipseviewer (at) gmail.com
- David Blakeslee ( Twitter / Website )
- Trevor Berrett ( Twitter / Website / The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast )
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Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on October 29, 2020 01:29 (). Last successful fetch was on July 22, 2020 16:08 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
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Manage episode 199799325 series 1026655
This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss four films from Eclipse Series 45: Claude Autante-Lara – Four Romantic Escapes from Occupied France.
About the films:
Too often overlooked after his work was spurned by the New Wave iconoclasts as belonging to the “tradition of quality,” Claude Autant-Lara was one of France’s leading directors of the 1940s and ’50s. He began as a set and costume designer and went on to direct French-language versions of American comedies in Hollywood, but it was back in his home country that Autant-Lara came into his own as a filmmaker. He found his sophisticated and slyly subversive voice with these four romances, produced during the dark days of the German occupation. Sumptuously appointed even while being critical of class hierarchy, these films—all made with the same corps of collaborators, including the charmingly impetuous star Odette Joyeux—endure as a testament to the quick wit and exquisite visual sense of the director whose name they established.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes.
Episode Links
Claude Autant-Lara
- Wikipedia
- Films de France
- The Guardian (obituary)
- New York Times (obituary)
Box Set Reviews
Bertrand Tavernier on Claude Autant-Lara’s DOUCE from Criterion Collection on Vimeo.
Contact us
- Email: theeclipseviewer (at) gmail.com
- David Blakeslee ( Twitter / Website )
- Trevor Berrett ( Twitter / Website / The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast )
![](https://feeds.criterioncast.com/link/22304/13683139.gif)
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