Why this filmmaker matters
Mag Bodard has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Mag Bodard has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Bodard set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Jacques Demy
Director
7 shared titles · Donkey Skin

Catherine Deneuve
Actor
3 shared titles · Donkey Skin

Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
3 shared titles · Donkey Skin

Jacques Perrin
Actor
2 shared titles · Donkey Skin
Ghislain Cloquet
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Donkey Skin
Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Producer
2 shared titles · The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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