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French film maker Chabrol dies at 80
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September 13, 2010, Monday
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FRENCH director Claude Chabrol, one of the founders of the New Wave movement that revolutionized filmmaking in the late 1950s and '60s, died yesterday at the age of 80.
Christophe Girard, who is responsible for cultural matters at Paris City Hall, announced the death on his blog. Other City Hall officials confirmed that Chabrol passed away, but declined to provide any details, including the cause of death.
A prolific director, Chabrol made more than 70 films and TV productions during his more than half-century-long career. His first movie, 1958's "Le Beau Serge" won him considerable critical acclaim and was widely considered a sort of manifesto for the New Wave, or "Nouvelle Vague" movement, which also included directors like Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.
His movies focused on the French bourgeoisie, lifting the facade of respectability to reveal the hypocrisy, violence and loathing simmering just below the surface. Often suspenseful, his work drew comparisons with that of Alfred Hitchcock.
Thierry Fremaux, who runs the Cannes Film Festival, told i-Tele news channel that Chabrol "had a much more classic style" than some of the other, more experimental New Wave filmmakers.
"But in this classicism there was such an audacity, such freedom and erudition that I think - and history will tell - that his thrillers ... will remain something totally unique in French cinema."
Chabrol worked at a fast clip, churning out about a film every year. He wrote many original scripts, but also adapted classics of French literature, including "Madame Bovary" (1991) and stories by Guy de Maupassant, for the cinema and for television.
Christophe Girard, who is responsible for cultural matters at Paris City Hall, announced the death on his blog. Other City Hall officials confirmed that Chabrol passed away, but declined to provide any details, including the cause of death.
A prolific director, Chabrol made more than 70 films and TV productions during his more than half-century-long career. His first movie, 1958's "Le Beau Serge" won him considerable critical acclaim and was widely considered a sort of manifesto for the New Wave, or "Nouvelle Vague" movement, which also included directors like Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.
His movies focused on the French bourgeoisie, lifting the facade of respectability to reveal the hypocrisy, violence and loathing simmering just below the surface. Often suspenseful, his work drew comparisons with that of Alfred Hitchcock.
Thierry Fremaux, who runs the Cannes Film Festival, told i-Tele news channel that Chabrol "had a much more classic style" than some of the other, more experimental New Wave filmmakers.
"But in this classicism there was such an audacity, such freedom and erudition that I think - and history will tell - that his thrillers ... will remain something totally unique in French cinema."
Chabrol worked at a fast clip, churning out about a film every year. He wrote many original scripts, but also adapted classics of French literature, including "Madame Bovary" (1991) and stories by Guy de Maupassant, for the cinema and for television.
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