Movies by Gérard Courant

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70's pop culture. Courant posits that his cinema offers an aggressive détournement to the French mainstream, reifying a Duchampian view of film: "I believe in impossible movies and works without meaning... I believe in the anti-movie. I believe in the non-movie. I believe in Urgent... My first full length movie that is so anti-everything that I sometimes wonder if it really does exist!"

Le Départ de la 2ème étape Ambérieu-en-Bugey-Saint-Vulbas du Tour de l’Ain 2017

Le Départ de la 2ème étape Ambérieu-en-Bugey-Saint-Vulbas du Tour de l’Ain 2017

"Le Départ de la 2ème étape Ambérieu-en-Bugey-Saint-Vulbas du Tour de l’Ain 2017" is an episode of "Carnets filmés" by Gérard Courant that the filmmaker shot in Ambérieu-en-Bugey in the departure village of the Tour de l'Ain cyclist where around a hundred professional runners from all over the world meet.

Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt

Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt

Legendary drag performer Ocaña in performance with a cardboard Marilyn on the west side of the Berlin Wall.

The Adventures of Eddie Turley

The Adventures of Eddie Turley

Poetic sci-fi film as an homage to Cinema, Cocteau, Goodis and to American B-series of the 1940s. Constructed exclusively on photograms in black and white and freely inspired on Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville.

Genova Genova

Genova Genova

A song of love to the city of Genoa. The film wanders the streets of the city center and explore the beautiful cemetery and then climb the hills which offer an amazing view over the old town crossed by a highway and port.

Hérésie pour Magritte II

Hérésie pour Magritte II

La Grande Famille by René Magritte in different sizes superimposed, animates the dove and gives an impression of continuous flight.

C'est Salonique

C'est Salonique

"During the invitation to a film festival in Thessaloniki, Greece, where I presented the Cinématon and my feature film Blue Heart (which won a prize), I filmed the daily life of the city. The seafront, the university and the city where I was staying."