Michel Ciment

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
May 26, 1938 (87 years old)
Death date
Nov 13, 2023

Michel Ciment

Known For

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
0h 52m
Movie 2023

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

Over the years, Nicole Kidman, Oscar and two-time Emmy Award winner, became both a pop culture icon & a complex dramatic actress. Her career is a unique body of work that mirrors her personal life, which is more political than it might seem.

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
1h 25m
Movie 2022

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard

Shot between Sardinia, Rome, London, Paris, Baltimore and Los Angeles, the film tells of the arrival of Hollywood at Capo Caccia in 1967, when the film "Boom" by Joseph Losey was shot, with the stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Although the film, produced with a high budget for the time, aspired to become an international success, it was one of the most sensational flops in the history of cinema.

Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey
TV Show 2022

Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey

STANLEYANDUS is a docuseries on Stanley Kubrick, featuring original sequences shot between 1997 and 2001. It includes about 50 re-edited interviews with collaborators, actors, critics, friends, and family members. The result is a unique encyclopaedic 'catalogue'. This unprecedented concept helps unravel the mystery surrounding Kubrick’s filmmaking experience as one of the most popular and critically acclaimed directors.

An American Named Kazan
0h 52m
Movie 2019

An American Named Kazan

Elia Kazan represented the American dream. An immigrant who came without anything and who became the Prince of Hollywood and Broadway after World War II. Actor, theater director, filmmaker, writer, he is the founder of Actor’s Studio, a collaborator of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, and a director who discovered Marlon Brando and James Dean.

About The Salesman
1h 5m
Movie 2018

About The Salesman

The Salesman is Asghar Farhadi's seventh film that won two trophies for the Best Actor and Best Screenplay at Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and the academy award for the best Foreign Language Film in 2017. About The Salesman is a documentary about Farhadi's method of filmmaking: development, pre-production, production, and post-production, with interviews with Asghar Farhadi and the analysis of the renowned Iranian and international film critics about The Salesman and Farhadi's cinema.

Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'
0h 18m
Movie 2017

Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'

French critic and of editor of the film magazine Positif Michel Ciment discusses Stanley Kubrick's films from the 1950s and the evolution of his directing style.

Le Prédateur et la proie
Movie 2017

Le Prédateur et la proie

John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma
Movie 2017

John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma

The Man Who Killed John Wayne
1h 6m
Movie 2017

The Man Who Killed John Wayne

Biography

Michel Ciment (May 26, 1938 - November 13, 2023) was a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif. Ciment was a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the former president of FIPRESCI. Ciment participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Earrings of Madame de..., Fellini's Casanova, Persona, Providence, The Rules of the Game, Salvatore Giuliano, Sansho the Bailiff, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, and Trouble in Paradise. Source: Article "Michel Ciment" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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