These great witnesses that are Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Renoir and Marcel Pagnol tell us their cinema: the beginnings of speaking in 1929, the new technical and artistic problems due to the arrival of sound, the consequences for the actors, etc.
At his Parisian home, Marcel Pagnol continues his evocation of silent cinema and the beginnings of talking cinema, recalling certain technical constraints of the moment.
At his Parisian home, Marcel Pagnol evokes silent cinema and the beginnings of talking cinema. The director recalls the diatribes made by some critics against talking cinema.
Armand Panigel speaks with Marcel L'Herbier in 1930 about the film "The Mystery of the Yellow Room". It evokes the last years of silent cinema and the technical difficulties associated with the beginnings of talking cinema in 1929.
During this interview directed by Jacques Rivette in the spring of 1966, filmmaker Jean Renoir explains his preference for long shots, justified by the need not to cut off the inspiration of an actor. A preference that also finds its origin in the influence of early techniques of talking cinema, without mixing.