The Heart of the Matter: The Film Poetics of Anne-Marie Miéville
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Swiss multimedia artist Anne-Marie Miéville (1945–) has had a profound impact on cinema for over half a century, creating an influential and large body of work across diverse roles as director, writer, editor, performer and sound designer.
Beginning her career as stills photographer on Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin’s TOUT VA BIEN (1972), and becoming a close collaborator with the former – with whom she shared an artistic and life partnership from the 1970s until his death in 2022 – Miéville’s significant contribution is too often overshadowed by her partner’s legendary body of work. Her collaborations with Godard traverse new terrains of audiovisual composition and filmic contemplation, the contribution of both artists central to the intellectual journey charted by their work together and apart. Miéville’s collaborative and solo work experiments with developing modes of technology and communication, suggesting their potential while remaining critical of their often-devastating impact.
This season revises a dominant historical account and critical focus that discounts Miéville’s undeniable importance to the history of cinema, joining a swathe of recent programs around the world that highlight her solo work and her essential contributions to collaborations with Godard, and draw attention to her distinctive artistic practice. As Fabrice Aragno has said of recent retrospectives, “It’s important for her cinema to exist for its own sake.” Included are all four of Miéville’s features, plus a selection of short works such as LE LIVRE DE MARIE (1985), her counterweight companion piece to Godard’s controversial HAIL MARY (1985), and ICI ET AILLEURS (1976), a key film she made with Godard about the Palestinian struggle.
WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER
7:00pm MON CHER SUJET
Anne-Marie Miéville (1988) 96 mins – Unclassified 15+
35mm print courtesy of the Cinémathèque québécoise.
Preceded by LE LIVRE DE MARIE
Anne-Marie Miéville (1985) 26 mins – R 18+
9:20pm NOUS SOMMES TOUS ENCORE ICI
Anne-Marie Miéville (1997) 80 mins – Unclassified 15+
Preceded by FAIRE LA FÊTE
Anne-Marie Miéville (1986) 13 mins – Unclassified 15+
WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER
7:00pm LOU N’A PAS DIT NON
Anne-Marie Miéville (1994) 78 mins – Unclassified 15+
8:30pm ICI ET AILLEURS
Anne-Marie Miéville and Jean-Luc Godard (1976) 55 mins – Unclassified 15+
Preceded by SANG TITRE
Anne-Marie Miéville and Jean-Luc Godard (2020) 10 mins – Unclassified 15+
9:45pm APRÈS LA RÉCONCILIATION
Anne-Marie Miéville (2000) 74 mins – Unclassified 15+
Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq
Full program notes: https://www.melbournecinematheque.org/category/present-year/the-heart-of-the-matter-the-film-poetics-of-anne-marie-mieville/
State Government support by VicScreen.
Supported by the City of Melbourne Annual Arts Grants Program.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.
Beginning her career as stills photographer on Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin’s TOUT VA BIEN (1972), and becoming a close collaborator with the former – with whom she shared an artistic and life partnership from the 1970s until his death in 2022 – Miéville’s significant contribution is too often overshadowed by her partner’s legendary body of work. Her collaborations with Godard traverse new terrains of audiovisual composition and filmic contemplation, the contribution of both artists central to the intellectual journey charted by their work together and apart. Miéville’s collaborative and solo work experiments with developing modes of technology and communication, suggesting their potential while remaining critical of their often-devastating impact.
This season revises a dominant historical account and critical focus that discounts Miéville’s undeniable importance to the history of cinema, joining a swathe of recent programs around the world that highlight her solo work and her essential contributions to collaborations with Godard, and draw attention to her distinctive artistic practice. As Fabrice Aragno has said of recent retrospectives, “It’s important for her cinema to exist for its own sake.” Included are all four of Miéville’s features, plus a selection of short works such as LE LIVRE DE MARIE (1985), her counterweight companion piece to Godard’s controversial HAIL MARY (1985), and ICI ET AILLEURS (1976), a key film she made with Godard about the Palestinian struggle.
WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER
7:00pm MON CHER SUJET
Anne-Marie Miéville (1988) 96 mins – Unclassified 15+
35mm print courtesy of the Cinémathèque québécoise.
Preceded by LE LIVRE DE MARIE
Anne-Marie Miéville (1985) 26 mins – R 18+
9:20pm NOUS SOMMES TOUS ENCORE ICI
Anne-Marie Miéville (1997) 80 mins – Unclassified 15+
Preceded by FAIRE LA FÊTE
Anne-Marie Miéville (1986) 13 mins – Unclassified 15+
WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER
7:00pm LOU N’A PAS DIT NON
Anne-Marie Miéville (1994) 78 mins – Unclassified 15+
8:30pm ICI ET AILLEURS
Anne-Marie Miéville and Jean-Luc Godard (1976) 55 mins – Unclassified 15+
Preceded by SANG TITRE
Anne-Marie Miéville and Jean-Luc Godard (2020) 10 mins – Unclassified 15+
9:45pm APRÈS LA RÉCONCILIATION
Anne-Marie Miéville (2000) 74 mins – Unclassified 15+
Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq
Full program notes: https://www.melbournecinematheque.org/category/present-year/the-heart-of-the-matter-the-film-poetics-of-anne-marie-mieville/
State Government support by VicScreen.
Supported by the City of Melbourne Annual Arts Grants Program.
The Melbourne Cinémathèque receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.
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