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La Commune (2001) back to product details  

Cast: Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux, Bernard Bombeau
Director: Peter Watkins, Peter Watkins
Producer: Paul Saadoun, Paul Saadoun
Screenwriter: Peter Watkins, Agathe Bluysen, Peter Watkins, Agathe Bluysen
Editor: Agathe Bluysen, Agathe Bluysen


Screen Formats:B&W,COLOR
Sound:Dolby Digital Stereo
Features:
The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins
An insightful look at the documentarian-rebel, whose work challenges the mind-numbing standardization of the mass audiovisual media. We see Watkins shooting La Commune (Paris, 1971), his magnum opus - reviving the spirit of resistance that drove the rebellious Communards of 1871
Discussion guide
Peter Watkings Biography

Chapters:
Disc #1 -- La Commune
1. Opening Titles [1:22]
2. Presentation [8:49]
3. After the Siege of Paris [5:26]
4. The National Guard [10:22]
5. Defending the Cannons [12:56]
6. The "Communal" Television [13:16]
7. The Priest's Sermon [8:46]
8. A Secular School [12:12]
9. March 28th, 1871/La Marseillaise [10:06]
10. Thiers' Army [3:57]
11. Secret Deliberations [5:30]
12. Seperation of Church and State [7:07]
13. First Attacks on the Versailles Army [11:58]
14. The Cruelty of the Versailles Army [9:28]
15. The Women Want to Organize [12:05]
16. The Strategy of Thiers' Army [9:34]
17. April 11, 1871/The Communal Danger [8:51]
Disc #2 -- La Commune
1. Opening Titles [1:31]
2. The Women Want to Get Involved [8:43]
3. Creation of the Cooperatives [11:50]
4. The Women's Union [14:54]
5. Today and the Commune [7:23]
6. The Undocumented Workers [10:23]
7. People Must Change [7:35]
8. The Reporter of TV Versailles [4:48]
9. The Public Safety Committee [16:42]
10. The First Statement [9:43]
11. The Situation is Serious [12:55]
12. Frankel and Wages [12:14]
13. May 21st: The Bloody Week [9:09]
14. The Barricades [6:18]
15. The Violence [7:37]
16. The Commune and "Our Barricades" [10:05]
17. The Repression: 30,000 Deaths [8:49]
18. The Shame [20:39]
Disc #3 -- The Universal Clock
1. Going Against the System [7:31]
2. Standing up for Your Vision [9:20]
3. The Universal Clock [5:41]
4. Social Policy [6:47]
5. Meaning of Commitment [11:42]
6. Bleeding Eyes [7:12]
7. Good Will Towards Others [8:33]
8. Grand Utopia [10:10]
9. Repression of Cinema [7:11]
10. Credits [2:10]

Awards:
  • 2005 won Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award from L.A. Film Critics Association to Watkins, Peter.

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