Jean Renoir on A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
A Day in the Country • 5m 57s
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Christopher Faulkner on A DAY IN THE ...
Originally shot in 1936, A DAY IN THE COUNRTY was not released until ten years later, in a 40-minute, unfinished version. In the following interview, conducted in October 2014, Jean Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner discusses the film’s complicated production history and where it fits in the di...
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Pierre Braunberger on Jean Renoir
In this excerpt from a 1979 interview, A DAY IN THE COUNTRY producer Piere Braunberger talks about his relationship with director Jean Renoir and the film’s production difficulties. The interview originally appeared in the documentary PORTRAIT D’UN PRODUCTEUR: PIERRE BRAUNBERGER, directed by Robe...
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Renoir at Work
The working methods of director Jean Renoir, who was thought to have often used improvisation, were illuminated in 1994 when the Cinémathèque Française released UN TOURNAGE À LA CAMPAGNE, composed of eighty-nine minutes of outtakes from the production of A DAY IN THE COUNTRY. The following video ...
