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Michel Ciment (; born 26 May 1938 in Paris) is a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine '' Positif''.
Ciment is a Chevalier of the Order of Merit,
Interviews
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Interview (in French) about his function as Jury at the Cannes festival 1978
Interview: Michel Ciment on "Mavericks and Outsiders: 'Positif' Celebrates American Cinema"
Glenn Kenny
Notebook
News brief: "The Michel Ciment Incident,"
Ali Naderzad, Screen Comment, 2017 Cannes Festival {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciment, Michel 1938 births Living people French film critics French journalists 20th-century French writers Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Writers from Paris Radio France people 20th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers
Michel Ciment (; born 26 May 1938 in Paris) is a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine '' Positif''.
Ciment is a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...
, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the former president of FIPRESCI
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...
.
Favorite films
Ciment participated in the 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', '' The Earrings of Madame de...'', ''Fellini's Casanova
, image = Casanova_moviep.jpg
, caption = Italian theatrical release poster
, director = Federico Fellini
, producer = Alberto Grimaldi
, screenplay = Federico FelliniBernardino Zapponi
, based_on =
, ...
'', ''Persona
A persona (plural personae or personas), depending on the context, is the public image of one's personality, the social role that one adopts, or simply a fictional character. The word derives from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatr ...
'', ''Providence
Providence often refers to:
* Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion
* Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity
* Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...
'', ''The Rules of the Game
''The Rules of the Game'' (original French title: ''La règle du jeu'') is a 1939 French satirical comedy-drama film directed by Jean Renoir. The ensemble cast includes Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, ...
'', ''Salvatore Giuliano
Salvatore Giuliano (; Sicilian: Turiddu or Sarvaturi Giulianu; 16 November 1922 – 5 July 1950) was an Italian bandit, who rose to prominence in the disorder that followed the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. In September of that year, Gi ...
'', ''Sansho the Bailiff
is a 1954 Japanese period film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Based on a 1915 short story of the same name by Mori Ōgai (usually translated as "Sanshō the Steward" in English), which in turn was based on a folktale, it follows two aristocratic ch ...
'', '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'', and '' Trouble in Paradise''.
Publications
* ''Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzan is the capital city, capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and t ...
par Kazan'' (1973)
* ''Le Dossier Rosi'' (1976)
* ''Le Livre de Losey'' (1979)
* ''Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...
'' (1980)
* ''Boorman : un visionnaire en son temps'' (1985)
* ''Theo Angelopoulos'' (1989)
* ''Le crime à l'écran : Une histoire de l'Amérique'', coll. "Découvertes Gallimard
(, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an Collection (publishing), editorial collection of Book illustration, illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in Pocket edition, ...
" (n° 139), Paris: Gallimard (1992)
* ''Passeport pour Hollywood
Hollywood usually refers to:
* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywoo ...
: entretiens avec Wilder, Huston, Mankiewicz, Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two ...
, Forman & Wenders'', (1992)
* ''Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary '' Variety'', August 4, 1976, p. ...
: le meurtre et la loi'', coll. "Découvertes Gallimard
(, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an Collection (publishing), editorial collection of Book illustration, illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in Pocket edition, ...
" (n° 442), Paris: Gallimard (2003)
* ''Petite planète cinématographique'' (2003)
Film festival juror
* 26th Berlin International Film Festival, 1976 *1978 Cannes Film Festival
The 31st Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 30 May 1978. The Palme d'Or went to the L'albero degli zoccoli by Ermanno Olmi. This festival saw the introduction of a new non-competitive section, 'Un Certain Regard', which replaces 'Les Yeux Fe ...
* 1990 Locarno International Film Festival
The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
Honours and distinctions
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Légion d'honneur
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
* Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite
The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's estab ...
* Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...
* Président de la FIPRESCI
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...
References
External links
*Interviews
with
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...
Interview (in French) about his function as Jury at the Cannes festival 1978
Interview: Michel Ciment on "Mavericks and Outsiders: 'Positif' Celebrates American Cinema"
Glenn Kenny
Notebook
News brief: "The Michel Ciment Incident,"
Ali Naderzad, Screen Comment, 2017 Cannes Festival {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciment, Michel 1938 births Living people French film critics French journalists 20th-century French writers Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Writers from Paris Radio France people 20th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers