Press Notes: Chantal Akerman in the Seventies
Jan 27, 2010Fans of our release of Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles last year can get a healthy second dose of Chantal Akerman with our newhttp://www.criterion.com/boxsets . . .
Synopsis
Letters from Chantal Akerman’s mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) filmmaker and protagonist has relocated. Akerman’s unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban alienation and personal and familial disconnection.
Cast
Credits
| Director | Chantal Akerman |
| Cinematography | Babette Mangolte |
| Sound | Dominique Dalmasso and Larry Haas |
| Editing | Francine Sandberg |
| Voice | Chantal Akerman |
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Eclipse Series 19:
Chantal Akerman in the Seventies
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Jan 20, 2010
A BELGIAN IN NEW YORK It was in the 1970s, the first decade of her career, that Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman created the works that would define her. Informed as much by her brushes . . .
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