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L'horloge universelle - La résistance de Peter Watkins

Le documentaire d'auteur est désormais soumis aux impératifs des marchés télévisuels. Au banc des accusés, L'horloge universelle, machine infernale imposant durées et thématiques. Geoff Bowie rencontre le grand documentariste britannique Peter Watkins sur le plateau de tournage du film La Commune, un documentaire de six heures sur l'insurrection française de 1871. Réflexion sur l'intégrité, la mondialisation et la résistance artistique.
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Le documentaire d'auteur est désormais soumis aux impératifs des marchés télévisuels. Au banc des accusés, L'horloge universelle, machine infernale imposant durées et thématiques. Geoff Bowie rencontre le grand documentariste britannique Peter Watkins sur le plateau de tournage du film La Commune, un documentaire de six heures sur l'insurrection française de 1871. Réflexion sur l'intégrité, la mondialisation et la résistance artistique.

Film and Video Arts Foreign Countries Economics Media and Communication All subjects
  • participation
    Peter Watkins
    Sara Louis
    Anna Pano
    Marie-Josèphe Barrère
    Kamel Ikachamene
    Renaud Bazin
  • research
    Geoff Bowie
  • script
    Geoff Bowie
  • direction
    Geoff Bowie
  • picture editing
    Petra Valier
  • None
    Sue Howard
    Babalou Hamelin
    Ralph MacDonald
    Luc Picard
    Hubert Fielden
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • script advisor
    Laurent Gagliardi
  • production direction
    Laurent Gagliardi
  • photography directing
    Georges Dufaux
    Gilles Papajak
    Louis Durocher
  • additional camera
    Neville Ottey
  • location sound
    Diane Carrière
    André Boisvert
  • production assistance
    Sophie Bensadoun
    Stéphane Lewin
  • sound editing
    Tony Reed
  • narration text
    Gérard Grugeau
    Geoff Bowie
  • voice-over
    Hubert Fielden
  • original music
    Philippe Lapointe
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • titles
    Service de postproduction image de l'ONF
  • subtitles
    Claude Dionne
  • administration
    Colette Brodeur
  • administration - assistance
    Joanne Bélisle
    Dany Delpy
    Sylvie Paradis
    André Tremblay
    Josée Trudel
  • technical coordination
    Richard Cliche
    Marysol Moran
  • producer's assistant
    Françoise Dutan
    Christiane Germain
  • delegate producer
    Christian Medawar
  • production
    Yves Bisaillon

Education

Ages 16 to 17

Notes

Discuss the concept of "the universal clock" as it pertains to television filmmaking. Suggest reasons why the universal clock has become the industry standard for television programming. Comment on the benefits and drawbacks of the universal clock. Elaborate on Peter Watkins' philosophy regarding the constraints imposed on the television filmmaking process. Revisit the scenes from Watkins' film, La Commune. Comment on his production style.

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