Filmed concurrently with CONTEMPT, Jacques Rozier’s film follows the day-to-day conflicts between an enemy—the paparazzi and their invasive cameras—and its prey, Brigitte Bardot.
This interview with director Samuel Fuller was excerpted from a 1967 episode of the French television series “Cinéastes de notre temps.”
In the following excerpt from an interview originally recorded for Swedish television in 1966, PERSONA’s director and lead actors discuss the evolution of the film and their individual interpretations of it.
The following are excerpts from “Jean-Pierre Melville (portrait en 9 poses),” the July 16, 1971, episode of the French television series “Cinéastes de notre temps,” directed by André S. Labarthe.
