Covering the later years of Akermans career, this set explores her experimentations with form and genre and includes musical comedyGolden Eighties(1986) and her final film,No Home Movie(2015).
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Covering thelater years ofChantal Akermanscareer, this 5-disc setcompletes the two-volume Akerman collection.
Born in Brussels in 1950 to parents who had survived the Holocaust, Chantal Akerman directed more than 40 films (short, medium and feature-length) over almost 50 years, spanning fiction, documentary, musicalcomedyand literary adaptation. Today, she is regarded as one of the most important and influential directors of her generation. Akermans personal, non-conformist body of work has resonated with cinephiles globally and become increasingly relevant since her death in 2015, with filmmakers including Joanna Hogg (The Eternal Daughter), ClineSciamma(Petite Maman), Alice Diop (Saint Omer) and Jacques Audiard (Emilia Prez), among others, citing her radical and experimental approach to cinema as a direct inspiration.
Covering the later years of Akermans career, this setexplores her experimentations with form and genre and includes musical comedyGolden Eighties(1986)and her final film,No Home Movie(2015).
TheFilms:
- Toute Une Nuit(1982)
- LesAnnees80(1983)
- Golden Eighties(1986)
- La Paresse(1986)
- Histoires d’Amerique: Food, Family andPhilosophy(1988)
- D’Est(1993),Sud(1999)
- La Captive(2000)
- De l’Autre Ct(2002)
- La FolieAlmayer(2011)
- No HomeMovie(2015)
Extras
- Five Blu-ray setfeaturing11landmarkfilms by ChantalAkerman
- 72-page perfect-bound book with new essays byErinNunoda, DaniellaShreir, Rachel Pronger, Catherine Wheatley, and Alisa Lebow
- Other extras tbc
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