Claire Denis Reflects On A Career Of Realism and Sensuality in Online Masterclass
presented a three-hour masterclass this past Wednesday, offering insights into her career as she accepted an honor from the Vision du Réel film festival.
Reflecting on the influence of ‘realism’ in her work, Denis described her filmography as being informed by “the non-stability of our lived experienced” and the importance of desire. “I saw many people around me in the industry who were illegitimate, which only reinforced my misgivings. That’s why Jacques Rivette was like a giver, a guardian. He said that legitimacy was something I could claim for myself, that I didn’t need to have it conferred upon me. But that took time.”
Denis followed up her 1988 debut – which centered on a privileged white family in the waning days of French colonialism – with 1990’s “No Fear, No Die,” about a pair of immigrants from those now-former colonies living on the outskirts of Paris. “[The act of making] cinema creates a sensual connection with an actor,” said Denis. “There’s nothing more beautiful than filming someone and uncovering their own beauty, their human vitality, be it masculine or feminine.”
“I never set out to shoot this or that part of the body. I’m not interested in the body, I’m interested in the presence – in that first impression you get upon seeing someone.”
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