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The Eric Rohmer List
An Autumn Tale [1998] [DVD] [1999]An Autumn Tale [1998] [DVD] [1999]
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(1998) The first Rohmer I saw, renting it from Blockbuster. A wonderful and subtle film of love in middle age, match-making, vineyards & philosophy teachers. Part 4 of Tales of the Four Seasons
A Winter's Tale [1992] [DVD]A Winter's Tale [1992] [DVD]
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(1992) The closest that Rohmer, a Catholic, gets to overt spiritual gestures in film; a film of winter and prayer, hairdressing and travelling by bus. Part 2 of Tales of the Four Seasons.
A Tale Of Springtime [1989] [DVD]A Tale Of Springtime [1989] [DVD]
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(1989) A music student and a distracted teacher form an ambiguous friendship at a party. A beautiful orchard scene. Part 1 of Tales of the Four Seasons.
A Summer's Tale [1996] [DVD]A Summer's Tale [1996] [DVD]
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(1996) Gaspard wiles away his summer by the beach, meeting up with three different girls. They talk and talk. Then he must make a decision. Part 3 of Tales of the Four Seasons.
Claire's Knee [DVD] [1970]Claire's Knee [DVD] [1970]
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(1970) A bearded man in his speed-boat; pink inter-titles; a lake; a writer searching for ideas; and a young girl's knee. The straw man of lust is unmasked? Part 5 of the Moral Tales.
Love In The Afternoon [1972] [DVD]Love In The Afternoon [1972] [DVD]
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(1972) Fidelity and faithfulness tested in part 6 of Moral Tales. Spot the brief moment of sci-fi! Known as 'Chloe in the Afternoon' in the U.S.
My Night At Maud's [DVD] [1969] [US Import]My Night At Maud's [DVD] [1969] [US Import]
(1969) Rohmer's breakthrough film, shot in beautiful black and white. What happens that night at Maud's? Well, it involves a long discussion of Pascal's wager. Region 0 DVD. Part 4 of the Moral Tales.
The Eric Rohmer Collection (Le Signe du Lion, Le Baoulangere de Monceau, La Carriere de Suzanne) [DVD] [1966]The Eric Rohmer Collection (Le Signe du Lion, Le Baoulangere de Monceau, La Carriere de Suzanne) [DVD] [1966]
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Parts one and two of The Moral Tales - La Boulangere De Monceau (1963) and La Carriere De Suzanne (1963). Also here, The Sign of the Lion (1959).
Pauline A La Plage [1982] [DVD]Pauline A La Plage [1982] [DVD]
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(1983) Another of Rohmer's very best, the things we learn on those summer holidays! Part 3 of the Comedies and Proverbs series.
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend [1987] [DVD]My Girlfriend's Boyfriend [1987] [DVD]
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(1987) Colour co-ordination gone mad; set in the Paris new-town suburbs, crossed-wires, swimming, wind-surfing all combine under the signs of blue and green. Part 6 of the Comedies and Proverbs.
Le Beau Mariage [1982] [DVD]Le Beau Mariage [1982] [DVD]
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(1982) Vanity and class; farce and lamp-shade crafting. What happens if you fix your heart on the wrong man, and decide to marry him? Part 2 of the Comedies and Proverbs.
Full Moon In Paris [1984] [DVD]Full Moon In Paris [1984] [DVD]
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(1984) A contemporary tragedy under the sign of Mondrian. What happens in Paris when the full moon is out? Part 4 of the Comedies and Proverbs.
The Aviator's Wife [1981] [DVD]The Aviator's Wife [1981] [DVD]
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(1981) Another brilliant film, this time about jealousy & comic espionage, taking place over a day. Nice fishbowl. Part 1 of the Comedies and Proverbs.
The Green Ray [1986] [DVD]The Green Ray [1986] [DVD]
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(1986) Baudrillard: 'This is the metaphysics of the green ray: every sphere resolves down to an equatorial point between day and night. This is the absolute horizon of thought.' Part 5 of C and P
The Marquis Of O [1976] [DVD]The Marquis Of O [1976] [DVD]
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(1976) Adaption of the Kleist novel with Bruno Ganz in it; has a few moments but on the whole a disaster. The audience laughs in the wrong places. Rohmer's style can't do literary adaptation it seems.
The Lady And The Duke [DVD] [2002]The Lady And The Duke [DVD] [2002]
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(2001) Another historical film but better this time. The digital painting-like sets help as do the political context of the Revolution.
Triple Agent [DVD] [2004]Triple Agent [DVD] [2004]
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(2004) A third historical outing, and this time world war 2. A very interesting film, sort of Rohmer does Hitchcock; an uneasy feeling throughout.
The Taste for Beauty (Cambridge Studies in Film)The Taste for Beauty (Cambridge Studies in Film) by Eric Rohmer
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Rohmer's essays for Cahiers du Cinema.
Hitchcock: The First Forty-four FilmsHitchcock: The First Forty-four Films by Eric Rohmer
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His excellent book on Hitchcock. Put it alongside the more famous Truffaut interview book.
Eric Rohmer: Realist and Moralist (A Midland Book)Eric Rohmer: Realist and Moralist (A Midland Book) by C.G. Crisp
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Academic book on Rohmer which is on my to-read list.
The Green RayThe Green Ray by Jules Verne
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The novel which features in The Green Ray - worth a read and not just because of this association.
Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales [DVD] [1962] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales [DVD] [1962] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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All 6 Moral Tales in a luxury boxset from Criterion. Extra short films and the original stories in a book. Go multi-region and get this.
La Collectionneuse [DVD] [1967] [US Import]La Collectionneuse [DVD] [1967] [US Import]
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First Moral Tale on uninspiring quality region 0 dvd.
Tales Of The Four Seasons (Four Discs) (DVD)Tales Of The Four Seasons (Four Discs) (DVD)
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Four Seasons dvds as above but in slim-line cases and a box.
The Eric Rohmer Collection - 8 Disc Box Set [DVD]The Eric Rohmer Collection - 8 Disc Box Set [DVD]
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A bumper Rohmer collection of all 8 films released by Arrow (the six Comedies & Proverbs plus Marquis of O and Love in the Afternoon.) Excellent value.