Jean-Louis Comolli
Birthday: 1941-07-30
Place of Birth: Philippeville - Constantine - France - [now Skikda, Algeria]
Biography: Jean-Louis Comolli is a French filmmaker, screenwriter and writer, born in 1941 in Philippeville (now Skikda, Algeria). After working for Les Cahiers du Cinéma from 1962 to 1978, of which he was editor in chief from 1966 to 1971, he became a director of fiction and documentaries. Also a journalist for Jazz Magazine, he has co-written or edited several books on jazz. His multiple works and his theoretical thinking on cinema have nourished many filmmakers and documentary lovers. He died on May 19, 2022.
Movies
The Carabineers
During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an...
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Hi Mister Comolli
A few months before he died, Jean-Louis Comolli meets up with Dominique Cabrera for some free conver...
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Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
This is a peaceful conversation between two filmmakers, Nicolas Philibert and Jean-Louis Comolli. A ...
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Alphaville
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer...
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À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma
Jean-Louis Comolli and Jean Narboni, former editors at Cahiers du Cinema, interview their former col...
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Suzanne’s Career
In the second of Rohmer's moral tales, he examines the relationship between two friends and a girl w...
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