Born to Film ( Cinéastes à tout prix ) ( Irkutz / Gestapo Contre Maquisards / Cesar Barbarius Contre Les Bassi-Mosans )

Born to Film (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Cinéastes à tout prix
Alternate Title: Irkutz / Gestapo Contre Maquisards / Cesar Barbarius Contre Les Bassi-Mosans
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Belgium ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
193 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Alternative Footage
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Frédéric Sojcher

Written By:
Frédéric Sojcher

Actors:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ..... Himself
Max Naveaux ..... Himself
Jacques Hardy ..... Himself
Noël Godin ..... Himself
Bouli Lanners ..... Himself
Benoît Poelvoorde ..... Himself
Christian Vranken ..... Himself
René Cuba ..... Himself
Frans Badot ..... Himself
Jean Schuartz ..... Himself
Roland Bavais ..... Himself
Jean-Claude Lambrecht ..... Himself
Joseph Saint-Rémy ..... Himself
Jean-Marie Happart ..... Himself
Béatrice Janssen ..... Herself

Synopsis:

Three no-budget semi-professional filmmakers finally get their due in this witty but respectful documentary. Director Frederic Sojcher visits three fellow Belgian auteurs whose ambitions outstrip their budgets, or their recognition. Max Naveaux is a projectionist who decided to take a stab at making movies himself, putting together small-scale war films whose realism was heightened by the fact that the Belgian Ministry of Defense gave him permission to use real bullets for one of his movies. Schoolteacher Jacques Hardy has dabbled in creating film noir, costume horror, and comic-book adventures, most starring his friend Christian Vranken, who makes his living as a church caretaker and insists on casting approval for his female co-stars. And Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a self-styled surrealist whose commitment to obscurity is great enough that he insists on being interviewed while wearing a ski mask, and insists that while he could make better films if he had the budget of a Steven Spielberg, Spielberg couldn't make a film at all for the money Rousseau has at his disposal. Produced for Belgian television, Cinéastes Ã Tout Prix features plenty of clips from the works of the film's subjects.

This DVD set contains Cinéastes à tout prix as well as the actual three films made by the personages above:
Irkutz (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Gestapo Contre Maquisards (Max Naveaux)
Cesar Barbarius Contre Les Bassi-Mosans (Jacques Hardy)

Documentary. Three Belgian semi-professional filmmakers discuss their work and their views on low budget filmmaking. Includes clips from their films.

Documentary that focuses on the amazing low-budget films made in Belgium by a projectionist, a high school teacher and a construction worker.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 March, 2009.

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