The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer 1986) w/ Frieda Beckerman

May 13

Felicia is joined by Frieda Beckerman to discuss Éric Rohmer’s film about a woman facing vacation ennui, in The Green Ray (1986).

We chat about how he created a character whose small problems we can all relate to, and why the multiple settings in France are imperative to the film’s energy..

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Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/04/green-ray-rayon-vert-review-eric-rohmer

https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/about-the-green-ray-of-jules-verne-and-eric-rohmer/

https://tmff.net/an-analysis-of-the-green-ray-1986/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/feature-articles/following-the-law-of-ones-own-being-the-crying-woman-in-the-green-ray/

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/close-up-on-eric-rohmers-the-green-ray-an-interview-with-marie-riviere

OUTRO SONG:

No Aloha - The Breeders

FILMS MENTIONED:
Working Girl (Mike Nichols 1988)

Autumn Tale (Éric Rohmer 1998)

Pauline at the Beach (Éric Rohmer 1983)

Borat (Larry Charles 2006)

To The Ends of the Earth (Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2019)