IN PRAISE OF PAOLO BRANCO

This is my reply to Matthew Hunt's comment in my blog:
http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2007/09/prap-boonpan-and-chai-chaichits-blog.html


I have never seen Mark Robson’s films after the 1940’s. I think I have a video of VON RYAN’S EXPRESS (1965), but haven’t watched it yet.

Yes, I think it’s Val Lewton who is the auteur here. It’s a rare case for a producer to have such (good) influences over the directors like this.

I can’t think of movie producers nowadays who have distinct styles of their own. I like some producers, though I don’t think they have distinct styles of their own.

My favorite producers include:

1.Paolo Branco, who produces

1.1 THE INNER LIFE OF MARTIN FROST (2007, Paul Auster)

1.2 TRANCE (2006, Teresa Villaverde)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460034/

1.3 KLIMT (2006, Raoul Ruiz)

1.4 O FATALISTA (2005, Joao Botelho)

1.5 SEVEN INVISIBLE MEN (2005, Sharunas Bartas)
http://www.madragoafilmes.pt/seveninvisiblemen/

1.6 PAUL S'EN VA (2004, Alain Tanner)

1.7 ILLUMINATION (2004, Pascale Breton)

1.8 CHANGING TIMES (2004, Andre Techine, A)

1.9 A TALKING PICTURE (2003, Manoel de Oliveira, A+)

1.10 SALTIMBANK (2003, Jean-Claude Biette, A+)

1.11 IT'S EASIER FOR A CAMEL (2003, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, A+)

1.12 DEUX (2002, Werner Schroeter)

1.13 SHIPWRECKED ON ROUTE D 17 (2002, Luc Moullet)

1.14 SNOW WHITE (2000, Joao Cesar Monteiro)

1.15 LA CAPTIVE (2000, Chantal Akerman)

1.16 LA VIE MODERNE (2000, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, A+)

1.17 L'ENNUI (1998, Cedric Kahn)

1.18 BONES (1997, Pedro Costa)

1.19 DIARY OF A SEDUCER (1996, Daniele Dubroux, A+)

1.20 LE COEUR FANTOME (1996, Philippe Garrel, A+)



2.ALAIN SARDE, who produces

2.1 OLIVER TWIST (2005, Roman Polanski, A+)

2.2 VERA DRAKE (2004, Mike Leigh, A+)

2.3 OUR MUSIC (2004, Jean-Luc Godard)

2.4 ONLY GIRLS (2003, Pierre Jolivet, A)

2.5 FEAR AND TREMBLING (2003, Alain Corneau, A-)

2.6 CHAOS (2001, Coline Serreau, A)

2.7 MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001, David Lynch, A+)

2.8 WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS (2000, Francois Ozon, A+/A)

2.9 IT ALL STARTS TODAY (1999, Bertrand Tavernier, A)

2.10 MY MAN (1996, Bertrand Blier, A+/A)


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PHOTOS FROM "SEVEN INVISIBLE MEN" (2005, Sharunas Bartas)
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