CINÉMATON, PROGRAM 1
Gérard Courant CINÉMATON 1978-85, ca. 80 min selection, Super-8mm-or-video-to-digital "Since the 7th of February, 1978, I have made portraits on film of artistic and cultural personalities that I call CINÉMATON. There are ten rules for the cinematon, ten commandments that must not be deviated from: 1) A camera on a tripod; 2) A camera that does not move; 3) A close-up of a face; 4) No sound; 5) No change in focal length; 6) No change in the framing; 7) Running-time of 3 minutes and 25 seconds; 8) One take only; 9) No cutting during the shooting and no editing; 10) The person that is being filmed can do whatever he/she wants. The aims of the CINÉMATON are multiple: the basic aim is to constitute an archive on art and especially on the film, theater, and entertainment scenes in those moments when the subject that is being filmed proposes a great moment of truth about herself or himself. Each CINÉMATON is preceded by three introductory title cards with the chronological number of the shooting of the portrait, the name of the person that is being filmed, his or her nationality, his profession, the date, hour, and place of the shooting. CINÉMATON has theoretically no end." –Gérard Courant N°31 BABETTE MANGOLTE (1978) N°44 MICHAEL SNOW (1978) N°95 YVONNE RAINER (1980) N°104 ULRIKE OTTINGER (1981) N°105 DEREK JARMAN (1981) N°106 JEAN-LUC GODARD (1981) N°114 MRINAL SEN (1981) N°120 PAUL SHARITS (1981) N°121 STEVE DWOSKIN (1981) N°122 ROBERT KRAMER (1981) N°124 LIONEL ROGOSIN (1981) N°228 RAOUL RUIZ (1982) N°236 MAURICE PIALAT (1982) N°271 GARY INDIANA (1983) N°295 PETER KUBELKA (1983) N°342 JEAN-MARIE STRAUB (1984) N°343 DANIÈLE HUILLET (1984) N°441 JULIET BERTO (1984) N°509 TINA AUMONT (1985) N°573 ALEXANDER KLUGE (1985)