From today you can see “Our Body”, by the French Claire Simon (who visited Buenos Aires years ago to present two of her films) and “Cameraperson”, by the American Kirsten Johnson.
A meticulous, agile and emotional record of life at the Paris Gynecological Clinic, launches today the Mubi platform. It is found as “Our Body”, the original title is “Notre corps”, and was performed by Claire Simonmaster of documentary cinema most full of humanity and love for others. She was here nine years ago, with two films that she presented at DocBsAs: “Gare du Nord”daily life in the great Parisian train station, and “Human Geography”, people of all kinds who leave, or have arrived, in search of the future.
In a nice chat with this newspaper, he explained his philosophy: “You have to approach people without invading or interrupting them, and listen to them, accompany them. Understanding well what he says, what happens to him, because generally each one understands in his own way what the other says, each one hears what he wants to hear. That takes time and dedication. Passing interviews are typical of television, and sometimes the interviewer does not know how to listen, he is more interested in giving his opinion, talking about himself, acting lively. “He ignores that the one who leads the conversation is the one who listens, not the other way around.”.
Also released by Mubi is another documentary, whose author talks about herself, but in a particular way, in a kind of autobiography made with fragments of her work as a camerawoman throughout the world: “Cameraperson”from the North American Kirsten Johnson. This film is part of a series about valuable directors of photography, such as Akiko Ashizawa (“Tokyo Sonata”, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa), Caroline Champetier (“Annette”, by Leos Carax), Hèlene Louvart and Josée Deshaies, among other good ones who usually go unnoticed.
And all this, in turn, is part of a program focused on Women’s Day, which extends throughout March with a retrospective of Rosario Blefari (“Silvia Prieto”) and short of Flora Anna Buda (“27”winner at Cannes and Annecy), Suzan Pitt, muse of the New York underground of the ’70s, and the first of all female directors, the historic Alice Guy (It’s a shame that two of his funniest works, “The Cabbage Fairy” and “The Consequences of Feminism,” filmed in 1906, are not included in the program).
Source: Ambito
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