Interview with Andrew McGregor, an ode to French New Wave auteur Claude Chabrol
Mar 27, 2019•38 min
Episode description
Dr Andrew McGregor and Amy Mullins explore the cinematic brilliance of French New Wave auteur Claude Chabrol, ahead of the Melbourne Cinémathèque's upcoming season, 'The Unblinking Gaze of Claude Chabrol.' They discuss his films, Les Biches (1968) and La Cérémonie (1996), as well as his influential place in the nouvelle vague. Chabrol has been largely overlooked for his better known colleagues, such as Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Also discussed is Godard's latest film, Le Livre d'Image (2018). Dr McGregor is a Lecturer in French Studies at Melbourne University. Broadcast on 26 March 2019.