Gérard Courant

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Gérard Courant is a French filmmaker, writer, actor, poet and independent producer born on December 4, 1951 in Lyon, France. He is the son of the writer and historian René Courant. He is one of the most prolific filmmakers of cinema. He created, directed and produced Cinématon, the longest film in the world (over 200 hours long). In all, he has shot nearly 7,000 filmed portraits and a very large number of other films (more than 1,000) since the mid-1970s. He has also published several books on cinema.

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Total trailers found: 492

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections Trailer (2012)

25 May 2012

Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard Courant was invited by the Dubai International Film Festival, in the United Arab Emirates.

L’Art, c’est se perdre dans les châteaux du rêve (entretien avec Philippe Garrel III) Trailer (2012)

01 September 2012

Boris Lehman à Toulouse Trailer (2020)

12 June 2020

Crime contre le cinéma Trailer (2020)

05 February 2020

The episode of Gérard Courant's Carnets filmés, Crime contre le cinéma (December 25, 2006 to December 2, 2006) is divided into four parts: Colas Ricard at Centre Pompidou, Joseph Morder at La Rochelle, the Filmer à tout prix Festival in Brussels, and Michel Nedjar and Jakobois at Centre Pompidou.

Zouzou à Saint-Denis Trailer (2012)

03 June 2012

Les Jours et les Nuits Trailer (2021)

19 November 2021

I give a methodical account of my film work: the creation of new series (Lire, Trio, Avec Mariola), the shooting of a new feature film (Amours décolorées which will take ten years to edit) with Mariola San Martin.

Attention poésie (entretien avec Philippe Garrel II) Trailer (2012)

03 June 2012

Cocktail Morlock Trailer (1981)

31 January 1981

La Femme qui pleure dans les nuages Trailer (2019)

22 March 2019

Placed under the auspices of the philosopher Gaston Bachelard whose maxim "The human being has the fate of flowing water", is quoted in the epistle of the film, La Femme qui pleure dans les nuages is a film-poem by Gerard Courant to the glory of nine women engulfed in Alpine and Pyrenean torrents.

2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder Trailer (2007)

01 November 2007

Jardins clandestins Trailer (2012)

24 August 2012

Joseph Morder tourne « La Duchesse de Varsovie » Trailer (2016)

03 April 2016

Cinématon XII Trailer (1981)

07 November 1981

Reel 12 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

Jean Seberg, Philippe Garrel et Les Hautes solitudes Trailer (2014)

23 February 2014

Jean Seberg, Philippe Garrel et Les Hautes solitudes is composed of excerpts from four of my films about Philippe Garrel which concern his silent masterpiece Les Hautes solitudes (1974) and its protagonist, the icon of the New Wave, Jean Seberg.

Cinématon IV Trailer (1978)

23 December 1978

Reel 4 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

My Conversations on Film Trailer (2013)

13 October 2013

This distinctly personal journey into the artistic possibilities of independent film is not to be missed.

Cinématon XXV Trailer (1982)

14 December 1982

Reel 25 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

Paradise Hotel Trailer (1986)

15 April 1986

A diverse group of guests gather in a small hotel in Paris to contemplate the state of their lives in this pretentious drama.

Nuits transparentes Trailer (2011)

14 April 2011

Strolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich, Montreal, New York).

Cinématon XX Trailer (1982)

03 May 1982

Reel 20 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

Cinématon XXXVII Trailer (1984)

02 October 1984

Reel 37 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

Solitudes en ruine Trailer (2021)

23 November 2021

One of Courant's many "Carnets filmés", filmed on November 7, 2021 in the botanical garden of l'Arquebuse in Dijon.

Die Reise nach Wien Trailer (2021)

16 July 2021

Die Reise nach Wien was filmed in parallel with the retrospective of Gérard Courant's films at the Studio Molière organised by the French Institute in Vienna.

Un film (autoportrait) Trailer (1984)

23 May 1984

The shooting diary of a film shot in France and in the United States. Using photos of Paris and of New York City, excerpts of his former films, statements by friends of his and shooting sequences of the film itself, tormented filmmaker Marcel Hanoun has made a heterogeneous and unclassifiable film about the difficulty of filming.

Cinématon XXXII Trailer (1984)

12 April 1984

Reel 32 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

Vincent Nordon, Roland Barthes et Ça/Cinéma Trailer (2012)

03 November 2012

Couple Trailer (1986)

18 January 1986

Couple is a cinematic series of portrait films, which show two persons, who free to do what they wish, in a fixed camera shot of 3:20 minutes.

Trying to Describe Oneself Trailer (2005)

04 November 2005

Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others.

Lire Trailer (1986)

07 December 1986

Lire is a cinematographic series of filmed portraits that shows, in a single large fixed and sound sequence shot of 3 minutes 20 seconds, a writer reading the beginning of his last published book.

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle Trailer (1987)

04 February 1987

Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University.

Montre Oeil Mon Oeil Trailer (2009)

14 December 2009

Le Cinéma Le Trianon de Verneuil-sur-Avre célèbre Juliet Berto Trailer (2016)

03 September 2016

Primitifs Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Les funérailles de Marcel Hanoun au Père-Lachaise à Paris Trailer (2013)

03 June 2013

Travelling Trailer (1992)

08 December 1992

Le Passeur immobile Trailer (2021)

14 December 2021

Le Passeur immobile, which covers the year 1987, is a Booklet filmed stuck between The Days and the Nights (1986) and The Artifice and the Fake (1988).

Cinématon XIV Trailer (1981)

08 November 1981

Reel 14 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

Luc Moullet à Manosque II Trailer (2012)

03 November 2012

L’oeuvre d’art est utile car elle consolide notre liberté (entretien avec Philippe Garrel IV) Trailer (2012)

01 September 2012

Trio Trailer (1987)

02 April 1987

Trio is a cinematic series of filmed portraits that shows, in a single large, fixed and silent shot of 3 minutes and 20 seconds, three people free to do what they want.

Portrait de groupe Trailer (1986)

05 February 1986

Portrait de groupe is a film series of filmed portraits that shows all kinds of groups gathered under family pretexts, friendly or professional, in a single fixed, wide shot (style: family photo) and silent of 3 minutes and 20 seconds.

Lady Usher's Diary Trailer (2022)

23 September 2022

Loosely inspired by Edgar Poe. A mixture of darkness, melancholy and evanescence, a disturbing atmosphere surrounds Lady Usher's Diary.

Jean Douchet analyse "Deux" de Werner Schroeter à la Cinémathèque française Trailer (2011)

11 February 2011

La Neige tremblait sur les arbres Trailer (1984)

07 April 1984

A Ciné-poem – An impressionist ballad in the early 80’s.

Up and Down Trailer (1993)

27 March 1993

A bicycle race is held every year in a pass of the Alps called Parpaillon. With the energy of a skillful cyclist perhaps as a great tribute to François, the mailman played by Tati in The Big Day, Moullet makes a comedy by pedaling at a pace that allows him to reinvent the possibilities of film gags.

Au service de Jean-Christophe Averty mode Shakespeare Trailer (2016)

03 July 2016

Cher André S. Labarthe Trailer (2015)

15 December 2015

Joseph Morder filme le défilé du Premier Mai Trailer (2012)

03 November 2012

Une cérémonie secrète Trailer (2012)

03 November 2012

La Femme en vert Trailer (1980)

19 April 1980

L'Été madrilène Trailer (1979)

05 April 1979

Genova Genova Trailer (1984)

05 April 1984

A song of love to the city of Genoa. The film wanders the streets of the city center and explore the beautiful cemetery and then climb the hills which offer an amazing view over the old town crossed by a highway and port.

Cinématon II Trailer (1978)

07 July 1978

Reel 2 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

Amours décolorées Trailer (1998)

02 February 1998

Amours décolorées is a cinematographic poem to the glory of Mariola San Martin, model, stylist, dancer and Spanish photographer.

Cinématon XXII Trailer (1982)

07 June 1982

Reel 22 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

Les Vivants et les Morts Trailer (2021)

22 October 2021

Les Vivants et les morts begins with a long sequence in both Berlin, mainly West Berlin, where I stay the whole month of January, thanks to a grant from the Goethe Institute.

Cinématon VI Trailer (1979)

24 June 1979

Reel 6 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

Avec Mariola Trailer (1987)

02 April 1987

Cinématon n°22 : Martine Rousset Trailer (1978)

19 October 1978

Cinématon XI Trailer (1981)

14 May 1981

Reel 11 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.