Title: Their First Films Year: 2004 (DVD release) Directed by: Maurice Pialat; Alain Resnais; Jean-Luc Goddard; Jacques Rivette; François Truffaut; Patrice Laconte; Jacques Daniol-Valcroze; Jean-Pierre Melville Genre: Collection of short films Runtime: 1h 50m Country: France Language: French [b]Subtitles: English .srt, English, Korean (.idx, .sub in .rar)[/color]
Plot/Synopsis
This collection contains eight early short films by leading directors in the French Nouvelle Vague.
Jonathan Rosenbaum comments, “Many masterpieces of short film have been almost inaccessible for decades, even in their countries of origin. Into this category fall Jean-Pierre Melville's 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown, Maurice Pialat's Love Exists, Alain Resnais' The Song of Styrene (shot in color and ‘Scope and easily the most beautiful “industrial†ever made), Jean-Luc Godard's Charlotte and Her Jules, and Jacques Rivette's Fool's Mate. But a DVD made from beautiful new prints of these five films and three others has just been issued in Korea under a misleading title, Their First Films [because the films are not necessarily THE first, but rather among the first extant films by each director].â€
The films include:
L'Amour Existe Maurice Pialat 1946, 19 mins, B&W, documentary
Le Chant du Styrène Alain Resnais 1957, 14 mins, color, documentary
Charlotte et Son Jules Jean-Luc Goddard 1958, 13 mins, B&W, comedy
Le Coup du Berger Jacques Rivette 1957, 27 mins, B&W, comedy
Their First Films (2004)
