Claudine Bouché

  • Robert Bresson – Lancelot du Lac AKA Lancelot of the Lake (1974)

    1971-1980ArthouseDramaFranceRobert Bresson

    Synopsis:
    A million miles away from ‘Camelot’ or ‘Excalibur’, this film ruthlessly strips the Arthurian legend down to its barest essentials. Arthur’s knights, far from being heroic, are conniving and greedy men who, just before the film starts, have failed miserably to find the Holy Grail. Aimlessly resentful at first, the developing relationship between Lancelot and Queen Guinevere focuses their rage, leading to inevitable tragedy…Read More »

  • Joshua Waletzky – Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1992)

    1991-2000DocumentaryJoshua WaletzkyUSA

    Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann explores the work of a composer who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such diverse directors as Orson Welles, Nicholas Ray, and Martin Scorsese. Best remembered for his twelve-year collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock in such classics as Vertigo, North By Northwest ,and the unforgettable Psycho, Herrmann pioneered many fundamental techniques of film scoring in the course of his 35-year career.Read More »

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