Jean Rouch
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Jean Rouch (French: [ʁuʃ]; 31 May 1917, Paris – 18 February 2004, Niger) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist.
He is considered to be one of the founders of cinéma-vérité in France, which shared the aesthetics of the direct cinema. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker for over sixty years in Africa, was characterized by the idea of shared anthropology. Influenced by his discovery of surrealism in his early twenties, many of his films blur the line between fiction and documentary, creating a new style of ethnofiction. He was also hailed by the French New Wave as one of theirs. His seminal film Me a Black (Moi, un noir) pioneered the technique of jump cut popularized by Jean-Luc Godard. Godard said of Rouch in the Cahiers du Cinéma (Notebooks on Cinema) n°94 April 1959, "In charge of research for the Musée de l'Homme (French, "Museum of Man") Is there a better definition for a filmmaker?" Along his career, Rouch was no stranger to controversy.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.433 |
| Birthday | 1917-05-31 |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Also Known As | 장 루슈, |
1995
Son of Gascogne
4.8/5
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Son of Gascogne
1964
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
6/1
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La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1961
Chronicle of a Summer
7.2/96
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking pass...
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Chronicle of a Summer
2011
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
0/0
This portrait of the French film theorist and avant-garde director Jean Epstein (1897-1953) concentrates on the period when he filmed in Brittany, the...
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Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
1995
Rouch in Reverse
0/0
Malian filmmaker and New York University professor, Manthia Diawara critiques visual anthropology through the work of Jean Rouch.
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Rouch in Reverse
2000
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
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Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
2012
Maya Deren, Take Zero
5/1
This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander H...
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Maya Deren, Take Zero
1998
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
0/0
A documentary cycle involving the Rarámuri or Tarahumara people of Northern Mexico. This film addresses rites of winter as well as peyote and bakaka r...
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Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
1955
The Mad Masters
6.233/58
The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial administrat...
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The Mad Masters
1980
Ciné-mafia
0/0
Three pioneers of documentary filmmaking – Joris Ivens, Henri Storck, and the man behind the camera, Jean Rouch – recall the early days of the documen...
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Ciné-mafia
1991
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
0/0
The first film in Jean Rouch's filmography is not his first film at all. It was edited by a French news company, using images he had shot but organise...
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Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991
1999
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
6/1
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2013
My Conversations on Film
3.2/6
This distinctly personal journey into the artistic possibilities of independent film is not to be missed. Jonas Mekas, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Robert Krame...
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My Conversations on Film
1983
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
0/0
A fortuitous meeting, late one afternoon, in the garden of the Tuileries, of one or two cameras, a tape recorder, and three cameramen/directors, Raymo...
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Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1978
Cinématon
4.3/6
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Cinématon
1967
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
0/0
Collective contribution to a history of cinema, this issue of the “Civilisations” collection also takes part in the genesis of Deux ou trois choses qu...
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Civilisation: L'homme et les images
1998
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
0/0
Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie follows his journey between Bahia, Brazil and Benin, O...
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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1963
The Lovely Month of May
8/40
Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally...
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The Lovely Month of May
2004
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
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Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
1992
An Egg with No Shell
1/1
A male diva sings in a countertenor voice while massacring chickens brought to him by his butler, Jean Rouch, until a slave provides proof of his love...
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An Egg with No Shell
2010
Sodankylä Forever
0/0
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Sodankylä Forever
1992
Letter to Jean Rouch
6/1
This film is a moving tribute to French filmmaker Jean Rouch. Pauwels, a former collaborator of Rouch, accompanies him on a trip to Japan. In this cin...
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Letter to Jean Rouch
1977
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
8/1
Jean Rouch’s camera follows his friend, filmmaker/actor/critic Farrokh Ghaffari, as he walks and talks us through the famous Shah Mosque in Esfehan. W...
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Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1992
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
2/2
An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays the...
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Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
2010
The Dreamed Films
7.2/5
Belgian filmmaker Eric Pauwels' meditation on dream, travel and film.
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The Dreamed Films
1959
Les Fils de l'eau
0/0
A compilation of black and white excerpts from five previous color films by Jean Rouch: Yenendi, the Rainmakers, Cemeteries in the Cliff, The Millet P...
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Les Fils de l'eau
2002
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
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Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
1977
Samba the Great
5/3
The adventures of a legendary hero who, dazzled by the beauty of a princess in the hand asks. This imposes several trials he emerges victorious. Only...
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Samba the Great
1962
The Doll
5/5
An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The dictator has been replaced by a look-alike revolutionary,...
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The Doll
2003
Encountering Jean Rouch
0/0
This short film was shot in 2002 during Bilan du Film Ethnographic for the purpose of introducing Jean Rouch to the audience at 2003 Taiwan Internatio...
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Encountering Jean Rouch
1997
A Friendly Handshake
0/0
From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince Henry the Navigator...
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A Friendly Handshake
1966
World Without a Game
0/0
Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.
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World Without a Game
Rouch's Gang
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The documentary Rouch's Gang follows the film crew and provides a glimpse behind the scenes as Jean Rouch and his four friends from Niger make their f...
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