Thanks. Mitch was the treasure. Mitch obviously had met Langlois, I never have or would have but there is a documentary about him that you can rent on Netflix, Phantom of the CinémathèqueThe Cinémathèque's serving as the birthplace in a way of the Nouvelle Vague is dealt with obliquely in Bertolucci's THE DREAMERS. Mitch says Langlois was "a piece of work." I heard him say that on another occasion. In the film you see how stubborn and peculiar he was, and vastly overweight, on an unhelthy diet, but worth his weight. Mitch also was formidable. He could be off-putting. But as is often the case, it was worth getting past that.Quote:
Acclaimed filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Claude Chabrol and others pay homage to the founder of the progressive Cinémathèque Française in this documentary that chronicles Henri Langlois's remarkable life. From the theater's early days in the 1930s and Langois's resistance of the Nazis to the Paris riots in the 1960s, this film captures the story of the passionate cinephile through interviews, archival footage and movie screenings.
