Il était une fois André S. Labarthe
Synopsis
André S. Labarthe, mainly known for having created in 1964 with Janine Bazin the television series "Cinéastes de notre temps", speaks here very little about cinema. Conversations reveal his meditative thought, expressed through metaphors or rather what could be called "idea-things" (pear, glass, doll, snail) to address topics such as time, speed, death, reality, control, chance, manipulation, editing...
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