During the last summer when drive-in theatres still projected 35mm film prints, in a free journey through the South of the USA, we are given a night tour and get to meet a projectionist, a breakdown mechanic, odd characters or children. Some of them are seen, while others are just heard. From a child’s babbling to a pervert’s coarse remarks, from the isolation of a specialist to the shared moments of an audience, everyone finds a screen out in the open air. But people now desert this once popular place. Jean-Jacques Martinod
Manoel de Oliveira
PARALLEL SCREEN / MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA FRÔLER L’ÉTERNITÉ
"NON", OU A VÃ GLÓRIA DE MANDAR "NON", OU LA VAINE GLOIRE DE COMMANDER Portugal, 1990, Colour, 35mm, Dolby Stereo, 110’
Original version : portuguese Script : Manoel de Oliveira, with the advice of P. João Marques Photography : Elso Roque Editing : Manoel de Oliveira, Sabine Franel Music : Alejandro Masso. Sound : Gita Ceveira Casting : Luis Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Miguel Guilherme, Luis Lucas Production : Paulo Branco
O VELHO DO RESTELO LE VIEILLARD DU RESTELO Portugal, France, 2014, Colour, HD, 19’ Original version : portuguese Photography : Renato Berta Editing : Valérie Loiseleux Music : José Luís Borges Coelho Sound : Henri Maïkoff Casting : Diogo Dória, Luis Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trêpa, Mário Barroso Production : Luis Urbano, Sandro Aguilar, O Som e a Fúria Distribution : Epicentre Films