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My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud

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Just released from an asylum in 1946, French poet/intellectual Artaud (Sami Frey) becomes mentor to a young poet (Marc Barbé).

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 06/09/2022
Seemingly shot in Super-8, these dreamlike, impressionistic sequences, mainly rendered without sound, are heady reminders of how intangible history, as opposed to imaginative speculation, usually is. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy Variety 01/27/2006
4/5
Sami Frey gives an astonishingly intense perfromance in his portrait of the genius and madness of the famed French poet-intellectual. Go to Full Review Lewis Whittington culturevulture.net 02/09/2006
A rare film that actually has something interesting to say about the creative process Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 03/05/2004
B
A stimulating grainy black-and-white shot fictionalized biopic on the last two years of one of the great 20th century literary figures, Antonin Artaud. Go to Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews 01/01/2000
1.5/4
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Audience Reviews

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09/06/2009 I was a bit disappointed in the portrayal of Artaud almost as just a meer junkie but there were some powerfully insightful moments as well. What is a fly? The expression/embodiment of someone that wishes to do you harm (or some such thing). Perhaps the physical world is just a manifestation of the psychic/spiritual and while I got the quote a bit wrong I'm sure the gist is there which shows how interesting/deep Artaud can be. Susan Sontag wrote a nice book about him that I'd recommend as good reading - this film was fine but not great. See more 07/31/2009 One of the best black and white movies I have watched. Lovely performances and cinemetography. See more Read all reviews
My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud

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Cast & Crew

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Gérard Mordillat

Director

Sami Frey

Antonin Artaud

Marc Barbé

Jacques Prevel

Julie Jezequel

Jany

Valerie Jeannet

Rolande Prevel

Clotilde de Bayser

Marthe Robert

Movie Info

Synopsis Just released from an asylum in 1946, French poet/intellectual Artaud (Sami Frey) becomes mentor to a young poet (Marc Barbé).
Director
Gérard Mordillat
Producer
Denis Freyd
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Runtime
1h 30m