Cézanne + Une Visite au Louvre

Director: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

1990 / 101min / 35mm

A lovely tribute to the painter Paul Cézanne—a figure near and dear to Straub and Huillet—which incorporates passages from Gasquet’s book about his long-time friend Paul Cézanne, scenes from Jean Renoir’s film of Madame Bovary, photographs of Cézanne by the painter Maurice Denis, and material shot at Mont Sainte-Victoire—a location of great importance to the painter. Screens with Une Visite au Louvre, a companion work likewise drawing inspiration from Gasquet’s Cézanne, in particular a chapter in which the author describes the events of a visit to the museum with the painter.

Cézanne - Conversation with Joachim Gasquet (Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet, 1990, 52 mins)

Une Visite au Louvre (Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, 2004, 49 mins)

Part of The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters