Commissioned by the Popular Front in anticipation of French elections, made by a collective of Leftist French filmmakers headed by Jean Renoir, Life Is Ours—actually, the title is variously translated, for instance, The Life Is with Us, Life Is for Us—combines newsreels, lectures, staged vignettes, and songs. (We hear at the conclusion the “Internationale.”) Its […]
Daily Archives: July 6, 2008
Paul Beaumont has made a breakthrough in his research into the origins of our species and trusts his patron and “friend,” the Baron de Regnard, to arrange for the presentation of his findings before the assembled members of France’s Academy of Science. Meanwhile, the Baron and Beaumont’s wife, Maria, have become lovers behind Beaumont’s back. […]
Dennis Grunes 