Since Stephen embarked on the adventure of Mag.7, our dear host has been able to meet very nicely over the years. But at our humble level, nothing predestined him to receive a personality such as Mathieu Amalric. And yet, an event organized by the Agglopolys libraries allowed this meeting! In this new episode of the Mag.7, come and discover the DVD selection of one of the greatest names of the current French cinema that does not hesitate to navigate between movies, series and TV shows!
It was the next session!
Mag.7 is a podcast, produced and distributed by the association blésoise The Next Meeting. The principle is simple: in collaboration with libraries of Agglopolys In the town of Blois, the host Étienne invites people to walk through the music-cinema service and video games of the places and to choose DVDs there. More specifically, seven films, series, documentaries or concerts – seven corresponding to the borrowing capacity proposed by the library – then evoke their selection to the microphone. A monthly program based on the sharing and passion of the 7th art, and seeking to highlight the quality and quantity of films available in public libraries, all accessible for modest amounts, if not totally free in some communities.
Mathieu Amalric at the Mag.7 microphone
On April 11, the Agglopolys libraries organized a whole day around scholarly music and New York composer John Zorn. For the occasion, Mathieu Amalric came to present two documentaries of his own on said saxophonist. No more was needed for our dear Étienne to invite the actor-director to the microphone of the Mag.7, Amalric being in turn lent to the game of DVD selection with interest and enthusiasm. And above all, this episode marks the first recording of the show in public, made at the Samuel-Paty Auditorium. Étienne takes this opportunity to thank Mathieu Amalric, but also the entire team in the Music, Cinema and Video Games section of libraries. Without them, the podcast of Mag.7 would not exist and would not offer such exceptional encounters!
Cinema, Cinemas (1982-1991)
Nationality : France – Gender : TV broadcast – Creators: Claude Ventura, Anne Andreu and Michel Boujut
DVD Edition France | INA | 06 November 2012
The pitch : TV magazine cult of the 1980s, Cinema, Cinemas represents the unwavering cultural rendezvous of all the cinemaphiles of the time. With a singular and poetic look, the show is interested in films but especially those who make them. This collection is followed by small interviews and unique accounts of filming, from Maurice Pialat to John Cassavetes...
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Nationality : France, Italy – Gender : Drama – Director : Agnes Varda – Distribution : Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blank, Michel Legrand...
DVD Edition France | ARTE Editions | 07 June 2017 - Dissemination platforms : MUBI, LaCinetek, ARTE Boutique, PremiereMax, Pathé Home, VIVA, Canal VOD and Orange
The pitch : Cleo, beautiful and singer, awaits the results of a medical analysis. From superstition to fear, from the Rue de Rivoli to the Café de Dome, from coquetry to anxiety, from her home to Parc Montsouris, Cleo lives 90 special minutes...
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Marie): Mathieu Amalric selected the double DVD Cleo from 5 to 7 and Daguerreotypes d Ciné-Tamaris. This edition highlights the work of publishers·ices DVD and recalls how this medium can constitute a cinematographic object, thought as an extension of the work thanks to its supplements, its restoration and its editorial accompaniment.
However, while I know the quality of this edition, my interest is primarily in the content of the films themselves rather than in their broadcasting medium. What affects me in Cleo from 5 to 7It's the modern look of Agnes Varda. The film follows two hours of Cleo's life, which awaits the results of a medical examination and fears a diagnosis. During his walk in Paris, between existential anguish and questioning his image, Cleo gradually moves from the status of object to that of a subject conscious of himself and the world around him.
Varda transforms this expectation into a deep reflection on time, fear of death and the construction of female identity. Behind the apparent lightness of the New Wave is a portrait of a great psychological finesse, where each encounter contributes to the emancipation of the character. More than sixty years after its release, the film retains a remarkable strength thanks to its accuracy and freedom of staging.
The Leftovers (2014-2017)
Nationality : United States – Gender : Science fiction, Fantastic, Drama – Creators : Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta – Distribution : Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Margaret Qualley, Chris Zylka...
DVD Edition France | HBO | 11 October 2017 - Blu-ray Edition France | HBO | 11 October 2017 - Dissemination platforms : HBO Max
The pitch : The Two percent of human beings have disappeared from the Earth's surface inexplicably. The inhabitants of the small town of Mapleton are confronted with this disappearance when many of their neighbours, friends and lovers faint in nature in an instant. Three years later, life resumed in the depopulated village, but nothing is more like before. Nobody forgot what happened or who disappeared. Some try to understand, others forget, or remember. Everyone will have to face the collapse of their beliefs, mourning...
Up there (2009)
Title V : Up – Nationality : United States – Gender : Animation, Comedy, Adventure – Directors : Peter Docter and Bob Peterson – Distribution Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo...
DVD Edition France | Disney | 16 December 2009 - Blu-ray Edition France | Disney | 16 December 2009 - Blu-ray 3D Edition France | Disney | 25 April 2012 - 4K Ultra HD Edition United States | Disney | 03 March 2020 – Dissemination platforms : Disney+, Rakuten TV, Pathé Home, VIVA and PremiereMax
The pitch Carl Fredricksen, a retired balloon salesman, flies to the sky by attaching thousands of balloons to his home. A young boy named Russell becomes an illegal passenger of his journey...
Opinion of MaG (Celeste wolf): Without reaching the gastronomic peaks of Ratatouille nor the silent grace of WALL•E, Up, the tenth feature film of the Pixar studio, unfolds a universal fable that touches the heart. The film opens on a first part of a rare poetry, where emotion rises like a cloud of colored balloons, before tipping towards a thrilling adventure, led drum beating, never losing sight of the tenderness of his speech. Funny, moving, impeccably rhythmic and a visual beauty that never ceases to surprise, Up charms children, consoles adults and reminds everyone that dreams never take dust.
With this crazy journey, where a house rips off the ground, an old man finds breath and a tenacious scout invites himself into adventure, Pixar proves once again that he reigns in master over contemporary animation, capable of taking off the imagination while keeping his feet firmly anchored in humanity.
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Mia): Deep comedy? Oneiric tale? Metaphoric drama? Modern review of the Wizard of Oz ? This masterpiece of animation of the studio Pixar offers a panel of perceptions and analyses that can evolve with the viewer. Up flirts with genres and codes. He can be accused of being too dichotomous between the dramatic aspect of Carl's story and the allegory of this fantastic journey in search of his lost wife, and the comical touch brought by the characters around him and the situations in which they find themselves. But for me it is the strength of this film: it is the adventure of an old sad gentleman who learns to live and to detach himself from his nostalgic figures.
Carl is surrounded by Russell and Doug, a young scout who wants to help his neighbor and an abandoned speaking dog, who seek a love that the old man seems unable to give them because of his heart dried up by his wife's mourning, whose dream he pursues. It is up to each spectator to let themselves be carried by the literal meaning of the images or to seek a metaphorical story to the adventure of this unusual, funny and endearing troupe. We watch the same film, but we don't contemplate the same work, and it's a trick to create a film that is both common and unique to each one.
I hate love (1997)
Nationality : France – Gender : Drama, Romance – Director : Laurence Ferreira Barbosa – Distribution : Jeanne Balibar, Jean-Quentin Chatelain, Laurent Lucas, Alexandra London, Eric Savin...
DVD Edition France | Filmedia | 23 June 2006
The pitch : Annie Simonin, a general practitioner, tries to confront the reality between a hypochondriac persecutor who threatens her with death and a young HIV-positive man who refuses to fight for life and tries not to disappoint...
Evil does not exist (2023)
Title V - (Aku wa sonzai shinai) Nationality : Japan – Gender : Drama – Director : Ryūsuke Hamaguchi – Distribution : Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryûji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, Hazuki Kikuchi...
DVD Edition France | Diaphana | 03 September 2024 - Blu-ray Edition France | Diaphana | 03 September 2024 - Dissemination platforms : Pathé Home, PremiereMax, SOONER, Canal VOD, Orange, VIVA and ARTE Boutique
The pitch Takumi and his daughter Hana lead a modest life in a village in harmony with their environment. The construction project « Glamour campsite » in the nearby natural park will endanger the ecological balance of the site...
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Sebastian): What allows the 7th art to stand out from other artistic media is the evocative meaning and force of an image in motion. Of course, writing is important for a film object, but the very definition of cinema is to be able to transcribe an emotion, a feeling of what the work shows. And to support this, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's film is a perfect example. For if we only stop at writing, what can we remember fromal does not exist ? From this point of view, the feature film presents itself as a drama that deals with both social and ecological themes: or how, for an economic and tourist issue, a village will see its environment and its environmental harmony changed overnight. Evil doesn't exist thus portrays a Japan close to nature, confronted with an invading urbanist and entrepreneurial world. Add to this the director's work, and the film takes a new form, offering a completely different interpretation.
Beyond his writing, Evil doesn't exist is a chain of sumptuous wood paintings. In the first seconds, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi takes the time to plant his decor and atmosphere. With his camera, he slowly and silently filmed the landscapes offered to him, sublimated by Yoshio Kitagawa's photograph. Each plan becomes a wonder for the retina, a work of art that plunges us into a certain serenity. This can disturb at first, as the film may seem abstract and hermetic. But in doing this, the director puts the spectator at the level of his characters: he loathes to enter into communion with the nature that then offers himself to experience this harmony so central to the narrative. And when the whole thing gradually turns towards a final close to the fantastic, Evil doesn't exist reveals its metaphorical status. Much more than the above-mentioned portrait, the feature film becomes the representation of a nature that is constantly threatened by man, and which, despite its obvious purity, can prove brutal when it has to preserve its balance... even though it may be too late to survive. In addition to its land-to-earth themes, Evil doesn't exist se livre finalement à nous comme un film onirique plus complexe qu’il n’y paraît. Sans le travail apporté à la mise en scène, le long‑métrage n’aurait clairement pas cette portée si spécifique, qui contribue à sa puissance sensorielle.
Douze mille (2020)
Nationality : France – Gender : Drama – Director : Nadège Trebal – Distribution : Arieh Worthalter, Nadège Trebal, Liv Henneguier, Florence Thomassin, Juliette Augier…
DVD Edition : France | Shellac | 07 avril 2021 – Dissemination platforms : SOONER, Canal VOD, Rakuten TV, PremiereMax et VIVA
The pitch : Frank se fait chasser d’une casse automobile où il travaille clandestinement. Bien que très attaché à sa vie avec Maroussia, Frank doit partir trouver du travail ailleurs, loin de chez lui. Douze mille euros : c’est la somme dont ils conviennent tous les deux, la somme qu’il devra gagner avant de revenir…
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Sébastien) : À y regarder de plus près, Douze mille est un énième drame prenant pour personnage un prolétaire paumé, vivant de larcins et autres magouilles. C’est clairement ce que nous promet le synopsis : suivre un homme viré de son travail et qui, pour subvenir aux besoins de son couple, devra trouver un nouveau job et le salaire qui va avec. Mais la magie du cinéma fait qu’une intrigue toute tracée peut raconter tout autre chose. Elle peut amener le public vers un terrain auquel il ne s’attend pas forcément, et c’est le cas avec la réalisation de Nadège Trebal. Car s’il promet une plongée dans l’univers des travailleurs clandestins, Douze mille est avant tout une histoire d’amour.
Peu importent les thématiques sociales et éthiques, pourtant bien présentes, tout dans le long‑métrage est sujet à parler de désir et de sentiments, en restant lié à la notion d’argent. Avec son film, la réalisatrice s’amuse de cela, en détournant tout ce qui se rattache au romantisme et au plaisir de la chair. Ne serait‑ce que l’adage du titre, qui déforme l’expression « Quand on aime, on ne compte pas ». Et pour cause : pour que l’histoire d’amour du couple vedette persiste, il faut que lui parvienne à rentrer auprès d’elle avec une certaine somme en poche. Il doit atteindre un but sans jamais se perdre dans les plaisirs de la vie, avec pour mission de prouver son amour pour elle, mais aussi pour lui‑même. Cela, le film parvient à l’illustrer via des séquences au premier abord déroutantes. Je pense notamment à la rencontre entre le personnage principal et la mère d’un de ses collègues de fortune. Celle‑ci se présente comme une joute sexuelle, à base d’envie et de réparties crues, qui joue autour d’une question de dette. Je pourrais également prendre pour exemple le deal qu’il réalise avec une jeune femme : les casses quotidiens qu’ils orchestrent à deux deviennent des valses sensuelles, aux pulsions omniprésentes.
Ce parti pris en surprendra plus d’un. D’autant plus qu’avec son ton pour le moins hybride, cela jongle entre une candeur assumée et un côté plutôt brut de décoffrage, l’ensemble présente un décalage qui ne plaira pas à tout le monde. Ce ressenti sera d’ailleurs souligné par des séquences plus théâtrales et oniriques, stoppant le temps afin que les protagonistes profitent de l’instant présent. Mais Douze mille s’avère être une curiosité. Preuve qu’avec le cinéma, nous pouvons nous amuser des codes et des attentes afin de raconter une histoire universelle de bien des manières.
Mars Express (2023)
Nationality : France – Gender : Animation, Science-fiction, Polar – Director : Jérémie Périn – Distribution : Léa Drucker, Daniel Njo Lobé, Marie Bouvet, Sébastien Chassagne, Mathieu Amalric…
DVD Edition : France | Blaq Out | 22 mai 2024 – Blu-ray Edition : France | Blaq Out | 22 mai 2024 – 4K Ultra HD Edition : Allemagne | Capelight Pictures | 06 juin 2024 – Dissemination platforms : Orange, Canal VOD, ARTE Boutique, Pathé Home, Cinémutins, SOONER, PremiereMax, VIVA et Rakuten TV
The pitch : En l’an 2200, Aline Ruby, détective privée obstinée, et Carlos Rivera son partenaire androïde sont embauchés par un riche homme d’affaires afin de capturer sur Terre une célèbre hackeuse. Au fil de leur enquête, ils seront confrontés aux plus sombres secrets de leur cité…
Opinion of MaG (le loup celeste) : Quand la science-fiction cyberpunk se mêle au film noir parano des 70’s dans un style graphique dépouillé où le réalisme s’allie à la japanime, les maux de notre société moderne sont au cœur d’une enquête influencée par les meilleurs (Blade Runner, Chinatown, Ghost in the Shell, Terminator 2). Et alors que l’oppression du prolétariat se rappelle à nous par l’exploitation des robots (comme métaphore des minorités opprimées), Jérémie Périn critique dans sa dystopie intemporelle le capitalisme, le libéralisme et l’utopie spatiale d’Elon Musk & Co. Bien animé et clairvoyant dans ses réflexions, ce long-métrage d’animation français (pour un public adulte) vient confirmer la vitalité du genre dans l’Hexagone.
Opinion of The Next Meeting (Sebastian): Mars Express a une signification très particulière pour The Next Meeting. En effet, le titre a fait l’objet de notre toute première projection, en partenariat avec le cinéma d’Art & d’Essai blésois Les Lobis. Et je peux vous dire que commencer l’aventure associative de la sorte, nous en éprouvons encore une certaine fierté ! Pour nous, Mars Express représente l’honneur d’avoir pu présenter un film montrant que le cinéma français est capable de faire des merveilles dans deux domaines encore balbutiants de nos jours : l’animation et la science‑fiction. Même s’il a touché du bout des doigts le César du meilleur film d’animation en 2024, le long‑métrage de Jérémie Périn mérite toute votre attention pour ce qu’il propose.
Véritable lettre d’amour au cinéma SF, le titre est un savoureux mélange entre Total Recall and Ghost in the Shell. L’ensemble convoque, certes, diverses références au genre, mais ces dernières ne prennent jamais le dessus sur l’univers dépeint par Mars Express. Par le biais d’une ambiance et d’un style graphique proches de l’animation japonaise, le film déroule une intrigue policière captivante. En plus de pleinement divertir, cette dernière se révèle passionnante pour les thématiques qu’elle aborde : la robotique, l’intelligence artificielle, la limite entre l’humain et la machine… Même s’il donne l’impression de nous envoyer en terrain connu, Mars Express parvient à nous transporter dans un monde aux bases solides qui lui est propre, à la richesse indiscutable. Donc, si le long‑métrage vous a échappé à sa sortie, n’hésitez plus et foncez rattraper votre retard. Jérémie Périn livre avec son film une proposition aussi efficace que pertinente, comme il serait appréciable d’en voir plus souvent dans le cinéma français.
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