My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud

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My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud

1993

1h 30m

Drama

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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).

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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.

Jun 9, 2022

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

Sami Frey gives an astonishingly intense perfromance in his portrait of the genius and madness of the famed French poet-intellectual.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 27, 2006

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Russell Smith

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Though exceedingly long (over 4 hours), this is an intelligent and insightful chronicle of the eccentric French poet and philosopher who died in 1948

Rated: B+

Jan 9, 2007

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Lewis Whittington

culturevulture.net

A rare film that actually has something interesting to say about the creative process

Feb 9, 2006

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

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.

Rated: B

Mar 5, 2004

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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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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One of the best black and white movies I have watched. Lovely performances and cinemetography.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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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

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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