![]() ![]() ![]() Her influence is irrefutable and it’s just wonderful that the film has won this poll.” In a way this film winning represents not just specifically the importance of Jeanne Dielman but the importance of Chantal Akerman as a filmmaker. What’s important to remember – whatever Chantal thought of the film, and even though she probably didn’t think much of polls and canons – it’s been an incredibly influential piece of filmmaking that fills curriculums at universities, that scholars and critics have endlessly talked about it, and maybe, most importantly, that audiences and filmmakers have been inspired by – alongside, of course, Chantal’s other films. Having made the film when she was only 25 and it being hailed as such a masterpiece at the time (just like Orson Welles and Citizen Kane!), it was hard for her to live with that success in later years. ![]() I’m sure Chantal Akerman would be happy to know the importance of this film has been recognised, although when she came over to the ICA as part of the A Nos Amours retrospective that Adam Roberts and I organised, she mentioned how much Jeanne Dielman had hampered her artistic career. Filmmaker Joanna Hogg says: “It’s incredible news that Jeanne Dielman has topped the Critics’ poll, knocking Hitchcock off his perch. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |