Tuesday, July 11 at 6:00 p.m. | LE COCHON (1970, France, 52 min. In French with English subtitles / Format: 4K Digital), co-directed with Jean-Michel Barjol, documents, in classic cinema verité fashion, the slaughter of a pig and its subsequent conversion into sausages on a small French farm in the Massif Central. One of Eustache’s most radical experiments, the formally and narratively transgressive A DIRTY STORY (1977, France, 50 min. In French with English subtitles / Format: 2K Digital) presents two versions of the same event, in which a group of women listen to a man describe his discovery of a peephole in a women’s restroom. One is a “true” monologue delivered by the actual participant (Eustache’s friend and collaborator Jean-Noël Picq); the other a staged recreation of Picq’s performance starring Michael Lonsdale. Further muddying the waters between documentary and fiction, Eustache preferred that the “fictional” version be shown first. (Janus Films)
The Dirty Stories of Jean Eustache: The Film Center is proud to present a 12-film retrospective of Jean Eustache (1938-1981), a key figure in the evolution of the French New Wave movement. Eustache's authentic, passionate, and personal films both capture and broaden the spirit of “La Nouvelle Vague.” View full series.