"I don't try to make my place in the history of cinema, but others place me, because of a daring film in 1954, or because of Cléo from 5 to 7: my little research in black-and-white about a woman pulled by the hair from death. I've done 15 long features, 15 long documentaries, not very much.
"Some people shoot every day. But being called 'Mother of the French New Wave'? I don't care! I love that!"
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No other filmmaker mined precisely the same territory as the French director Eric Rohmer, who died Monday at the age of 89.
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Starting at 7:30 this Sunday morning, tens of thousands of walkers, runners, and volunteers will begin gathering by the Hatch Shell on the Boston side of the Charles River Esplanade.
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Seacoast Rep's top-notch Rent
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The chore is to blank out Greek filmmaker Angela Ismailos's clueless, indulgent voiceover and moony on-camera presence and enjoy the commentary of the filmmakers she's tracked down in Europe and America.
- I hope they don't have to amputate
Maybe you should just leave it alone for a while.
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