LL201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Moulin De La Galette, Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
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Credits: amelie/the fabeleux destin d"amelie poulain (2001, won an abundance of awards: 4 cesars, 4 european film academy, 2 british academy. Awards, 1 broadcast film critics association, not submitted to cannes (public outbursts over this: audrey tautou - amelie (emily watson was who director had in mind, doesn"t speak a word of french, mathieu kassovitz - nino quincampoix. Paris, capital of the 19th century: paris we see is similar to renoir"s moulin de la galette or le dejeuner des canotiers, shot on location, Jeunet"s aesthetic: every aspect of the film was tightly controlled by jeunet, meticulous shot-by-shot selection of cameras, lenses, film stock, 20mm lense to accentuate features, super techno cranes used for complex camera movements. Meta-cinematic aspects of the film: inspired by machado, micheal sowa, use of story boards.