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Chronicle of a Summer
Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
1961 · Film · documentary · 91 min
Directed by Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.
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Chronicle of a Summer (Chronique d'un été): On one hand, a simple documentary where they conduct Studs Terkel-like interviews with working-class people in Paris in 1960, asking a simple question: Are you happy? As do all the best documentarians, they magically bring out the most profound, innermost thoughts of their subjects. On the other, a documentary about documentaries and their realism - interspersed are questions of how real and honest what we see is, and near the end the subjects watch the finished product together and discuss how real and honest they were in front of the camera.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronique_d'un_été
Considered an innovative milestone in documentary film-making.