Willy Kurant on MASCULIN FÉMININ
Masculin féminin
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A cinematographer for more than forty years, Willy Kurant has shot film for some of the best directors in cinema. From Jean-Luc Godard, on MASCULIN FÉMININ, to Orson Welles, on IMMORTAL STORY (1968), to Agnès Varda, on LES CRÉATURES (1969). The Criterion Collection interviewed Kurant in Paris, in April of 2005.
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