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Working Life | Street Interview
Paris, summer of 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch, along with sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin, both assisted by Marceline and Nadine, roam the crowded streets asking ordinary people how they deal with the misfortunes of life. Are you happy? But their real purpose is to find out if people can speak sincerely in front of a camera and how they react when they are later invited to analyze the meaning of their answers.
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Paris, summer of 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch, along with sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin, both assisted by Marceline and Nadine, roam the crowded streets asking ordinary people how they deal with the misfortunes of life. Are you happy? But their real purpose is to find out if people can speak sincerely in front of a camera and how they react when they are later invited to analyze the meaning of their answers.
International Critics Prize | 1961 | Edgar
The 6th greatest documentary of all time according to the 'Sight & Sound' poll 2014. The list was compiled after polling from over 200 critics and curators and 100 filmmakers.
The sociologist Edgar Morin, who co-directed Chronicle of a Summer (1961), coined the term Cinéma Vérité in one of his texts shortly before the film was produced.
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
One of the 15 favorite documentaries of cinematographer Roger Deakins. [2015]
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #648.
"[first lines] Jean Rouch, Himself: This film was made without actors, but lived by men and women who devoted some of their time to a novel experiment of "cinéma vérité.""
"Sophie - the cover-girl: People are bored everywhere now. But boredom comes from within. If you've got an inner life, you're never bored."
