Pierre Schaeffer
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Les grandes répétitions: Hommage à Edgard Varèse
Apr 20, 1966Edgard Varèse died on 6 November 1965, a few days before the filming of the rehearsal of his work "Déserts" which he had to attend.
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Electronic vibrations : le son qui a tout changé
Feb 15, 2022L'histoire étonnante de la musique électronique : son épopée depuis ses origines en Europe, aux mains des grands artistes de l'avant-garde classique d'après-guerre, jusqu'aux grandes villes post-industrielles des États-Unis, où ce genre de genres a envahi les magasins de musique, les clubs louches et, finalement, les grandes scènes.
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L'histoire étonnante de l'animographe, un appareil créé en France dans les années 1960 par le dessinateur et inventeur autodidacte Jean Dejoux (1922-2015), dont la création devait révolutionner l'industrie de l'animation.
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La Voix
Dec 01, 2023The images of this short film are linked to the concrete music by Michel Chion, and let the monologue of Saint Antoine (Pierre Schaeffer's voice) unfold and offer itself completely. The imagery, presented in parallel pictures, is intended to be earthy and close to nature, rediscovering, when necessary, the material which is offered in a metaphor surrounded by mists. At the sound of the gunshot, concrete in the music, occurs this break in the discourse, and the image, like this gunshot, finds the Asian connotation of death. And the dream raises the human form, then a face which offers itself before disappearing in the tumults of an imaginary sea. The earth seen from the sky then the sky itself take us very far (Robert Cahen)
Antoine et Colette
Jun 22, 1962Antoine tombe amoureux de Colette, mais elle le traite en copain. Deuxième volet du cycle Antoine Doinel initié avec le film Les 400 Coups.
Romance
Le trièdre fertile
Jan 01, 1970
Etude aux allures
Jan 01, 1960The pace is the oscillation that results from the maintenance of a sound, the internal rhythm of its sound structure, which makes it live and change from its emission until its extinction. In this study, the painter Raymond HAINS attempts a visual transposition of this acoustic law by filming his works through fluted lenses directly attached to the camera creating optical vibration effects that animate the shapes and colors and produce a colorful rhythm.
Animation
Objets animés
Jan 01, 1960The film is an apology of movement, made here by a short editing pushed to the extreme.
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Maskerage
Apr 23, 1952Tones of experimental music lead us into the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden. An extensive collection of exotic masks is hanging on the walls while the night watchman makes his rounds. But not for long: the masks are waiting for the moment when they can reveal their imposing selves to the viewer. A collection of masks from different parts of the world shows its true face: shocking, charming or sinister. Max de Haas brings the faces to life through his camera-eye. Impressive light-and-dark effects and a chaotic music track enable the masques to tell their own stories, even when nobody is wearing them.
Garabatos
Jan 01, 1964Based on two poems by Rafael Alberti, Garabatos (“Scribbles”) is a reflection on childhood, education and the demise of innocence. Music by Pierre Henry, Pierre Schaeffer and Edgard Varèse.
Animation
Leonardo Da Vinci The Tragic Pursuit of Perfection
Apr 15, 1953A portrait of the artist as a "sublime demon with the archangel's face", with an innovative musique concrète soundtrack.
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Je, tu, elles...
Jun 28, 1973A portrait of the artist as a "sublime demon with the archangel's face", with an innovative musique concrète soundtrack.
Fantasy
O Pátio
Jan 01, 1959A man and a woman are laying on a chess-like patio. Both are trying to reach each other in the best way they can. However, for some odd reason they don't get on their feet, they don't talk to each other, and the only sounds heard are voices coming from a radio and strange sounds that seem to indicate something's about to happen.
Drama
Jours de mes années
Dec 24, 1959Drama
Symphonie pour un homme seul
Dec 09, 1957The "Symphony for a man alone" was composed from 1949 to 1950 by Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, and then finalised in 12 movements by Pierre Henry in 1951. This is the first major work of musique concrete. In 1955, Maurice Béjart has made the first ballet of musique concrète.
Discorama
Jan 05, 1975Discorama est une émission de télévision musicale et culturelle française, créée et présentée par Denise Glaser, sur une proposition de Jean d'Arcy.
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