fotodiabolik: 2022

October 19, 2022

Lieux de Tournage - Godard PIERROT LE FOU - Île de Porquerolles

Elle est retrouveé - Qoui?

L'Éternité.

C'est la mer allée.

Avec le soleil.

In the south of France to document the original filming locations of Jean-Luc Godards PIERROT LE FOU starring Jean-Paul Belmondo & Anna Karina

Location: Île de Porquerolles

The other day in Berlin, I was very happy that "Pierrot le Fou"was shown in the cinema. I have seen the movie I don't know how many times, but only once on the big screen. I thought this was a nice ending to the project, even if the visit to the cinema was not a pure pleasure, mainly because of the audience...I didn't know what was worst, eating popcorn in huge buckets, the clinking of glasses, talking or laughing in places where there was nothing to laugh about. ...

nevertheless it was great!
I thought how much I would like to continue the project, after all scenes are still missing in Toulon and I would love to go back to Porquerolles, where Godard returned for the final scene of the film. I have been looking for the rocks quite a while and I really wish I had more time to document everything a little bit more carefully. Porquerolles is in any case one of the most beautiful places I have ever been and the recitation of Rimbaud's poem at the end underlines both - the magic of the island and the eternal magic of the film.

Big thanks to Monsieur Stephane Fontana,

lieuxdetournages.overblog.com

Thanks to the Ministry of Science, 

Research and the Arts,Baden-Württemberg.

October 11, 2022

Lieux de Tournage - Godard PIERROT LE FOU - Presqu'île de Giens

In the south of France to document the original filming locations of Jean-Luc Godards PIERROT LE FOU starring Jean-Paul Belmondo & Anna Karina

Location: Presqu'île de Giens

It took me a while to understand how Godard switched back and forth between the locations. Marianne is shot on Porquerolles, Ferdinand takes her in his arms and in the next shot he comes to this house on Presqu'île de Giens. Unfortunately it's a private property and you can't really get close to it. The location is fantastic and if you take a boat to Porquerolles you have a view of the house from the sea.

After Marianne has died and Ferdinand has painted his face blue (completed by the master himself), Godard goes back to Porquerolles for the final scene.

Big thanks to Monsieur Stephane Fontana,

lieuxdetournages.overblog.com

Thanks to the Ministry of Science,

Research and the Arts, Stuttgart

September 28, 2022

Lieux de Tournage - Godard PIERROT LE FOU - Porquerolles

In the south of France to document the original filming locations of Jean-Luc Godards PIERROT LE FOU starring

Jean-Paul Belmondo & Anna Karina

Location: Île de Porquerolles,

Plage noire du Langoustier

The longer I deal with the project, the more I see what I could have done better. And so my moods swing often between enthusiasm, frustration and, last week, sadness...I didn't even have a day for the documentation on Porquerolles, which started with organising, cycling, searching and swearing. Moreover, it should have made me wonder a bit that everyone else rented an e-bike but not me....So if I go there again, more time or more sporty condition...

Big thanks to Monsieur Stephane Fontana,

lieuxdetournages.overblog.com

Thanks to the Ministry of Science,

Research and the Arts, Stuttgart

September 14, 2022

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard 1930 - 2022

"Je ne veux parler que de cinéma, pourquoi parler d'autre chose? Avec le cinéma on parle de tout, on arrive à tout."

"I only want to talk about cinema, why talk about anything else? With the cinema we talk about everything, we get to everything."

I was in the middle of preparing what might be the last post of my documentation of the Pierrot le Fou locations when I heard the news... For months now I have been busy photographing, sifting through the 1500+ pictures that I have been taken, editing, compiling and looking for ways to present them. So every day is somehow a Godard day and therefore this loss makes me very sad and sentimental.

Thank you Jean-Luc Godard for so many great movies, art and inspiration and a unique spirit. The world of cinema lovers will never forget you.