CINÉMATON, PROGRAM 2
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°601 TERRY GILLIAM (1985) N°602 SAMUEL FULLER (1985) N°806 NAGISA ŌSHIMA (1986) N°836 MAÏ MASRI (1986) N°844 MICHEL KHLEIFI (1986) N°1068 HARUN FAROCKI (1988) N°1071 NELSON PEREIRA DOS SANTOS (1988) N°1083 SERGUEÏ PARADJANOV (1988) N°1084 ULTRA VIOLET (1988) N°1085 MIKE KUCHAR (1988) N°1256 JEAN ROUCH (1990) N°1519 KEN LOACH (1991) N°1590 JONAS MEKAS (1992) N°1596 JOHN GIORNO (1993) N°1780 MED HONDO (1995) N°1938 MATHIEU AMALRIC (1998) N°2146 PEDRO COSTA (2006) N°2189 HELGA FANDERL (2008) N°2446 MOHAMAD MALAS (2011) N°2929 JACKIE RAYNAL (2015)