Work and Words
La caverne noire
Synopsis
In this interview with Dominique Noguez, Marguerite Duras talks successively about each of her four short films made in 1979: Césarée, Les Mains négatives, Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne), Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver). She touches briefly on the various subjects dealt with: the return to Césarée of Berenice, repudiated for reasons of state, Jewish wandering, the scandal of the camps in the two Aurelia Steiner. Negative Hands as the colonial data of humanity, a film offered to the blacks and Portuguese who clean up Paris before leaving the place. Marguerite Duras also comments, with excerpts, on the various traveling shots that make up the main plot of each of the short films. And the documentary ends with a few words of epilogue: a real pamphlet by Marguerite Duras against dreams, significantly entitled Work and Words.
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Jean Mascolo, Jérôme Beaujour
- Original Title
- La caverne noire
- Country of Origin
- France
- Spoken Languages
- French
- Runtime
- 52m
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Jean Mascolo, Jérôme Beaujour
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Jean Mascolo
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Jérôme Beaujour
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What is Work and Words about?
In this interview with Dominique Noguez, Marguerite Duras talks successively about each of her four short films made in 1979: Césarée, Les Mains négatives, Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne), Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver). She touches briefly on the various subjects dealt with: the return to Césarée of Berenice, repudiated for reasons of state, Jewish wandering, the scandal of the camps in the two Aurelia Steiner. Negative Hands as the colonial data of humanity, a film offered to the blacks and Portuguese who clean up Paris before leaving the place. Marguerite Duras also comments, with excerpts, on the various traveling shots that make up the main plot of each of the short films. And the documentary ends with a few words of epilogue: a real pamphlet by Marguerite Duras against dreams, significantly entitled Work and Words.
Who directed Work and Words?
Work and Words was directed by Jean Mascolo, Jérôme Beaujour.
Who stars in Work and Words?
The principal cast of Work and Words includes Marguerite Duras.
When was Work and Words released and how long is it?
Work and Words was released in 1984 with a total runtime of 52m.