A Summer’s Tale (Éric Rohmer 1996) w/ Nathan Cowles

 

Felicia is joined by Nathan Cowles to discuss Éric Rohmer’s first film in his A Tale of Four Season series, about a man being tossed around by three different women in A Summer’s Tale (1996).

We chat about Rohmer’s way of writing women, his choice to work with a woman cinematographer and how that lends to a unique gaze behind the camera. Along with the importance of the script and the quiet moments that expose the protagonists inner truth.

This is the Rohmer series opener and I’m beyond excited to share this series with you - we’ve got four great guests to cover a wide range of Rohmer’s work this month - I hope you follow along!

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Follow Nathan here:
Letterboxd: @cowles
YouTube: @Cowles
IG: @cowles.mov

Sources:

https://agoodmovietowatch.com/a-summers-tale-1996/

https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/a-summer-s-tale-1200445995/#!

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/dangling-man-close-up-on-eric-rohmers-a-summers-tale

https://www.criterion.com/films/29650-a-tale-of-summer

https://cinemasentries.com/a-summers-tale-movie-review-dissecting-love-and-sex-with-philosophical-precision/

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/movies/a-summers-tale-from-eric-rohmers-seasons-cycle.html

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8387-eric-rohmer-s-tales-of-the-four-seasons-another-year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHoU9_3pmq4&t=128s&ab_channel=TIFFOriginals



OUTRO SONG:
Fille de corsaire by Sebastien Erms

FILMS MENTIONED:
A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick 1972)

Eraserhead (David Lynch 1978)

Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino 2009)

Funny Games (Michael Haneke 1997)

My Night at Maud’s (Éric Rohmer 1970)

The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer 1986)

Suzanne’s Career (Éric Rohmer 1963)

Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard 1961)

Call Me By Your Name (Luca Luca Guadagnino 2017)

Aftersun (Charlotte Wells 2022)

The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Éric Rohmer 1963)

Claire’s Knee (Éric Rohmer 1971)

La belle noiseuse (Jacques Rivette 1991)

The Fifth Seal (Zoltán Fábri 1976)

Design For Living (Ernst Lubitsch 1933)

Les amours imaginaires (Xavier Dolan 2010)

Mommy (Xavier Dolan 2014)

Tom at the Farm (Xavier Dolan 2015)

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