Jean-Daniel Pollet.

"Although he is sometimes associated with the nouvelle vague (he was one of the six filmmakers Barbet Schroeder chose to produce for his 1965 omnibus film Paris Vu Par...), Jean-Daniel Pollet was both older and more independent from mainstream cinema than Chabrol, Truffaut, Godard, et al." Philippe Garnier in the Voice on a filmmaker "who may be just as little known in his home country as he surely is abroad, despite the efforts by Jonathan Rosenbaum and others to herald his works. This makes the five programs offered by Anthology Film Archives' Unidentified Filmic Objects: The Films of Jean-Daniel Pollet all the more compelling."

Very much looking forward to this series: Daniel Kasman (Auteurs' Notebook) and James Van Maanen. Tomorrow through Wednesday.

Posted by dwhudson at October 30, 2008 2:33 PM