The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Geoff Bowie
Sara Louis
Marie-josephe Barrere
Peter Watkins
Anna Pano
R H Thomsen
Film Details
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Synopsis
Insistently utopian in both vision and practice, Peter Watkins is among the most marginalized of major contemporary filmmakers. Director Geoff Bowie travelled to Paris to follow the production of Watkins's most recent work, "La Commune (Paris, 1871)" (France/2001), a revolutionary epic made with the same spirit of resistance that drove the rebellious Communards of 1871. The result is at once a revelatory companion to "La Commune", a lucid observation of Watkins's singular production methods and a thoughtful polemic on the challenges facing filmmakers who strive to work beyond mainstream media.
Director
Geoff Bowie
Cast
Sara Louis
Marie-josephe Barrere
Peter Watkins
Anna Pano
R H Thomsen
Kamel Ikachamene
Renaud Bazin
Crew
Marie-josephe Barrere
Renaud Bazin
Yves Bisaillon
Geoff Bowie
Geoff Bowie
Georges Dufaux
Georges Dufaux
Louis Durocher
Louis Durocher
Gerard Grugeau
Kamel Ikachamene
Philippe Lapointe
Sara Louis
Anna Pano
Gilles Papajak
Gilles Papajak
Petra Valier
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 6-15, 2001.
digital video
color
dialogue French and English
