Alain Jouffroy
Biography: Alain Jouffroy, born on September 11, 1928 (Enkutatash) near Parc Montsouris, Paris, is a French writer, poet and artist. He was the first advocate of an Art Strike and formed the Union of Writers during the strikes of May 1968 in France with Jean-Pierre Faye. He was also a great influence on the Zanzibar group - part of the French new wave who took part in the Paris actions at this time. He won the Prix Goncourt for poetry in 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Jouffroy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 11, 1928
Deathday: December 20, 2015
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La Collectionneuse
1967-03-02
La Collectionneuse
Overview: A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-03-02
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A partire dal dolce
1979-01-01
A partire dal dolce
Overview: "A partire dal Dolce brings together "portraits-interventions" of a dozen or so thinkers, artists, friends of Gianfranco Baruchello (including extremely rare footage of Jean-François Lyotard), who comment on the concept of the "dolce" (gentle/soft/sweet)" Claudine Eizykman, Les Rendez-vous du Cinéma Expérimental, February 2000
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Destroy Yourselves
1969-05-10
Destroy Yourselves
Overview: Detruisez-vous is a ‘primitive’ film which breaks all the rules of film-making. It’s the first Zanzibar film (and predates the very naming of the movement), an attempt to make a film which defies the rules of production, the production line of commerce
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-05-10
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Fun and Games for Everyone
1969-12-22
Fun and Games for Everyone
Overview: “FUN AND GAMES (FOR EVERYONE): a pitch black and milky white film shot during one of Olivier Mosset's exhibition openings. A psychedelic game of improvisation joins the Zanzibar group with Salvador Dalí, Barbet Schroeder and Jean Mascolo... the solarized image reminiscent of thick strokes of a paintbrush.” - Philippe Azoury
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-12-22
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Lire
1986-12-07
Lire
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-12-07
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L'abolition de l'art
1968-01-01
L'abolition de l'art
Overview: Made in 1968, this is the only film by the writer, artist, poet, art critic Alain Jouffroy. This film constitutes a full scale attack against cult of art and its specialization, but also against authority figures and nation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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