Duras at Work
Writing about Marguerite Duras is heresy. Nothing does it justice. Nothing can capture the destructive, redemptive charge, the sheer presence of Literature that she carries in her work. Duras is such a totality. It's language beyond words, moments of infinite pain, infinite beauty, infinite passion.
In addition to her colossal and incomparable literary work, Duras also transformed cinema and theater. Here, there's no pretense to encapsulate the countless identities of the artist, but a desire to observe her in action. In three television and film productions, several facets are revealed. Duras the politician and journalist in the short cult sequence from the magazine Dim Dam Dom; Les Lycéens ont la parole. Duras the playwright and director in Savannah Bay, c'est toi. Duras the literary figure and filmmaker in Marguerite Duras: du mot à l'image. A very brief, but fascinating, journey into the Durassian continent.
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Tënk Artistic Director
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Les lycéens ont la parole
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Two months before May 68, the program _Dim Dam Dom_ focuses on the growing revolt among students. Romain Goupil, 16 years old, expelled from school, discusses with Marguerite Duras. Why do we engage in politics at such a young age? Does politics prevent you from working well? What is politics?
Marguerite Duras : du mot à l'image
Marguerite Duras : du mot à l'image
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Marguerite Duras is interviewed at her home about the photographic illustration of her novel _Le ravissement de Lol V. Stein_. She reads excerpts from the book.
Savannah Bay, c'est toi
Paris, 1983. Marguerite Duras, Madeleine Renaud, and Bulle Ogier are in the large hall of the Théâtre du Rond-Point where they are working on the creation of _Savannah Bay_. What they show us, what they make us experience, is truly the birth of the play: those privileged moments of theatrical creation when the ultimate coincidence between text and movement is established.
Les lycéens ont la parole
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Two months before May 68, the program _Dim Dam Dom_ focuses on the growing revolt among students. Romain Goupil, 16 years old, expelled from school, discusses with Marguerite Duras. Why do we engage in politics at such a young age? Does politics prevent you from working well? What is politics?
Marguerite Duras : du mot à l'image
Marguerite Duras : du mot à l'image
Duration: 23 minutesSubscription access
Marguerite Duras is interviewed at her home about the photographic illustration of her novel _Le ravissement de Lol V. Stein_. She reads excerpts from the book.
Savannah Bay, c'est toi
Paris, 1983. Marguerite Duras, Madeleine Renaud, and Bulle Ogier are in the large hall of the Théâtre du Rond-Point where they are working on the creation of _Savannah Bay_. What they show us, what they make us experience, is truly the birth of the play: those privileged moments of theatrical creation when the ultimate coincidence between text and movement is established.
