Table of Contents: Description, Corrections/Clarifications, Housekeeping, General, Main Slate, Ephemera, Recurring Directors, Recurring Countries, One-Time Directors, Debuts/Final Features, Festivals/Oscar Nominees, Shorts/Panels, Discussions By Length, Specifications
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Description
The tenth episode of the Catalyst and Witness podcast, devoted to exploring the films and format of the New York Film Festival, hosted by Ryan Swen and Dan Molloy. This covers the tenth edition of the festival in 1972.
0:00-47:30 – Introduction [AFI Fest+]
47:31-1:02:44 – Opening
1:02:45-1:41:57 – Part One [Love in the Afternoon to A Sense of Loss]
1:41:58-2:20:13 – Part Two [Family Life to Nathalie Granger]
2:20:14-3:00:17 – Part Three [The Adversary to L’Amour fou]
3:00:18-3:51:03 – Part Four [Tout va bien to Last Tango in Paris]
3:51:04-3:56:45 – Closing
Corrections/Clarifications
Housekeeping
- Hosted by Dan Molloy & Ryan Swen
- Conceived and Edited by Ryan Swen
- Recorded in Los Angeles on Zoom H4N and Sennheiser Microphones, Edited in Audacity
- Podcast photograph from Yi Yi, Logo designed by Dan Molloy
- Poster by Josef Albers
- Recorded December 17, 2018
- Released December 24, 2018
- Music (in order of appearance):
- Love in the Afternoon (opening night)
- Tout va bien (another favorite)
- Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (another favorite)
- We Won’t Grow Old Together (favorite of the first section)
- Nathalie Granger (favorite of the second section)
- L’Amour fou (favorite of the third section)
- Two English Girls (favorite of the fourth section)
- Last Tango in Paris (closing night)
General
- Selection Committee: Richard Roud (program director), Richard Corliss, Arthur Knight, Arthur L. Mayer, Andrew Sarris, Susan Sontag, John Russell Taylor, Henri Langlois (retrospective consultant)
- Location: Alice Tully Hall
- Prices: 1-4, for opening and closing night 2, 4, 7.50, 10
- Films seen for the podcast:
- Ryan
- Seen before podcast watching period: N/A
- Seen for the podcast: All available except The Assassination of Trotsky
- Favorite films: L’Amour fou, Two English Girls, Love in the Afternoon, We Won’t Grow Old Together, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Nathalie Granter, Tout va bien, The Merchant of Four Seasons
- Least favorite films: Summer Soldiers, Bad Company, Going Home, Family Life
- Seen after the podcast: The Assassination of Trotsky (11th)
- Dan
- Seen before podcast watching period: Love in the Afternoon, We Won’t Grow Old Together, The Merchant of Four Seasons, Images, The King of Marvin Gardens, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Last Tango in Paris
- Seen for the podcast: All available except A Sense of Loss, The Adversary, L’Amour fou; none rewatched
- Favorite films: Two English Girls, Tout va bien, Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Nathalie Granger
- Least favorite films: The Assassination of Trotsky, Summer Soldiers, Last Tango in Paris
- Discoveries of the festival: Love, Red Psalm, Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
- Unavailable films: Behind the Wall
Main Slate
Opening Night: Love in the Afternoon [L’Amour l’après-midi] (1972, Eric Rohmer)
September 29, 9:15
Released 1972
Love [Szerelem] (1971, Károly Makk)
September 30, 6:30
Released 1973
We Won’t Grow Old Together [Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble] (1972, Maurice Pialat)
September 30, 9:30
Released 2012
Summer Soldiers [Samâ sorujâ] (1972, Hiroshi Teshigahara)
October 1, 6:30
Never released
Red Psalm [Még kér a nép/And the People Still Ask] (1972, Miklós Jancsó)
Also: Behind the Wall [Za sciana] (1971, Krzysztof Zanussi)
October 1, 9:30
Released 1973/Never released
A Sense of Loss (1972, Marcel Ophuls)
October 2, 7:30
Released 1972
Family Life (1971, Ken Loach)
October 3, 7:30
Released 1972
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972, Jonas Mekas)
And: Going Home (1972, Adolfas Mekas)
October 4, 7:30
Released 1974/Never released
Heat (1972, Paul Morrissey)
October 5, 7:30
Released 1972
The Inner Scar [La cicatrice intérieure] (1972, Philippe Garrel)
October 6, 6:30
Never released
Nathalie Granger (1972, Marguerite Duras)
October 6, 9:30
Never released
The Adversary [Pratidwandi] (1970, Satyajit Ray)
October 7, 6:30
Released 1973
Bad Company (1972, Robert Benton)
October 7, 9:30
Released 1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons [Händler der vier Jahreszeiten] (1971, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
October 8, 6:30
Released 1973
Images (1972, Robert Altman)
October 8, 9:30
Released 1972
L’Amour fou [Mad Love] (1969, Jacques Rivette)
October 9, 7:00
Released 1972
Tout va bien [Just Great] (1972, Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin)
October 10, 7:30
Released 1973
Two English Girls [Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent/The Two English Girls and the Continent] (1971, François Truffaut)
October 11, 7:30
Released 1972
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972, Bob Rafelson)
October 12, 7:30
Released 1972
The Assassination of Trotsky (1972, Joseph Losey)
October 13, 7:30
Released 1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie] (1972, Luis Buñuel)
October 13, 11:00
Released 1972
Closing Night: Last Tango in Paris [Ultimo tango a Parigi] (1972, Bernardo Bertolucci)
October 14, 8:30
Released 1973
Ephemera
Recurring Directors
Key: films in this iteration excluding shorts/omnibus/retrospectives, films in this iteration including, films in the festival up to this point excluding, films up to this point including, number of gala spots (when applicable), number of festivals with more than one film shown (when applicable); † indicates their last appearance, fraction in parentheses indicates number of features shown from oeuvre, features released in the eligible timeframe, features in oeuvre
- Jean-Luc Godard: 1/1/13/17/2/5
- Luis Buñuel: 1/1/6/6/1/2
- Bernardo Bertolucci: 1/1/5/6/1/1
- Satyajit Ray: 1/1/4/4/1
- Marguerite Duras: 1/1/3/3
- Miklós Jancsó: 1/1/3/3
- Joseph Losey: 1/1/3/3
- Eric Rohmer: 1/1/2/3
- François Truffaut: 1/1/2/2/1
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder: 1/1/2/2
- Jean-Pierre Gorin: 1/1/2/2†(2/9/9)
- Ken Loach: 1/1/2/2
- Adolfas Mekas: 1/1/2/2†(2/6/6)
- Jonas Mekas: 1/1/2/2
- Marcel Ophuls: 1/1/2/2
- Maurice Pialat: 1/1/2/2
- Bob Rafelson: 1/1/2/2†(2/10/10)
- Jacques Rivette: 1/1/2/2
- Hiroshi Teshigahara: 1/1/2/2†(2/10/11)
- Krzysztof Zanussi: 1/1/2/2
- Robert Altman: 1/1/1/1
- Philippe Garrel: 1/1/1/1
- Károly Makk: 1/1/1/1
Recurring Countries
Key: films in this iteration excluding shorts/retrospectives, films in this iteration including, films in the festival up to this point excluding, films up to this point including, number of gala spots (when applicable)
- France: 8/8/62/73/7
- USA: 5/5/29/40/1
- UK: 4/4/15/17/1
- Hungary: 2/2/7/7
- Italy: 1/1/25/29/2
- West Germany: 1/1/10/10
- India: 1/1/4/4/1
- Japan: 1/1/12/14/1
- Poland: 1/1/8/8
One-Time Directors
- Robert Benton
- Paul Morrissey
Feature Debuts
Final Features
Festivals
- NYFF World Premiere
- Bad Company
- The King of Marvin Gardens
- Last Tango in Paris
- A Sense of Loss
- Cannes
- Love (1971, Jury Prize)
- Red Psalm (Best Director)
- We Won’t Grow Old Together (Best Actor)
- Images (Best Actress)
- Heat (Directors’ Fortnight)
- Summer Soldiers (Directors’ Fortnight)
- The Inner Scar (?, also Berlin?)
- Berlin
- Family Life (Forum of New Film?, FIPRESCI, OCIC)
- Venice
- The Merchant of Four Seasons
- Other
- Tout va bien (Venice Counter-Festival)
- N/A
- The Adversary
- L’Amour fou
- The Assassination of Trotsky
- Behind the Wall
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- Going Home
- Love in the Afternoon
- Nathalie Granger
- Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
- Two English Girls
Oscar Nominees
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: Best Original Screenplay, Best Foreign Film (winner)
- Last Tango in Paris: 1974 Best Director, Best Actor
Shorts/Panels
Discussions By Length (Approximate)
- 12:35 Two English Girls (3:11:57-3:24:32)
- 10:58 Last Tango in Paris (3:40:05-3:51:03)
- 10:42 L’Amour fou [One Person] (2:49:35-3:00:17)
- 10:37 Tout va bien (3:01:19-3:11:56)
- 10:35 Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania/Going Home (1:49:13-1:59:48)
- 9:15 Love in the Afternoon (1:03:44-1:12:59)
- 7:47 Heat (1:59:49-2:07:36)
- 7:44 The Adversary [One Person] (2:21:16-2:29:00)
- 7:29 Nathalie Granger (2:12:44-2:20:13)
- 7:03 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (3:33:01-3:40:04)
- 7:00 We Won’t Grow Old Together (1:16:52-1:23:52)
- 6:59 The Merchant of Four Seasons (2:35:52-2:42:51)
- 6:55 Summer Soldiers (1:23:53-1:30:48)
- 6:50 Bad Company (2:29:01-2:35:51)
- 6:44 Red Psalm (1:30:49-1:37:33)
- 6:42 Images (2:42:52-2:49:34)
- 6:14 Family Life (1:42:58-1:49:12)
- 5:06 The Inner Scar (2:07:37-2:12:43)
- 4:54 The King of Marvin Gardens (3:24:33-3:29:27)
- 3:54 A Sense of Loss [One Person] (1:38:03-1:41:57)
- 3:51 Love (1:13:00-1:16:51)
- 3:32 The Assassination of Trotsky [One Person] (3:29:28-3:33:00)
- 0:28 Behind the Wall [Unavailable] (1:37:34-1:38:02)
Specifications
- Eric Rohmer, L’Amour l’après-midi, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 97 minutes, 1.37:1, France.
- Károly Makk, Szerelem, 1971, 35 mm, black-and-white, sound, 88 minutes, 1.85:1, Hungary.
- Maurice Pialat, Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 110 minutes, 1.66:1, France.
- Hiroshi Teshigahara, Samâ sorujâ, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 107 minutes, 1.37:1, Japan.
- Miklós Jancsó, Még kér a nép, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 87 minutes, 1.37:1, Hungary.
- Krzysztof Zanussi, Za sciana, 1971, 35 mm, black-and-white, sound, 56 minutes, 1.37:1, Poland.
- Marcel Ophuls, A Sense of Loss, 1972, 16 mm, color, sound, 135 minutes, 1.33:1, UK.
- Ken Loach, Family Life, 1971, 35 mm, color, sound, 108 minutes, 1.37:1, UK.
- Jonas Mekas, Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, 1972, 16 mm, color and black-and-white, sound, 88 minutes, 1.33:1, USA.
- Adolfas Mekas, Going Home, 1972, 16 mm, color, sound, 61 minutes. 1.33:1, USA.
- Paul Morrissey, Heat, 1972, 16 mm, color, sound, 102 minutes, 1.33:1, USA.
- Philippe Garrel, La cicatrice intérieure, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 60 minutes, 1.66:1, France.
- Marguerite Duras, Nathalie Granger, 1972, 35 mm, black-and-white, sound, 83 minutes, 1.66:1, France.
- Satyajit Ray, Pratidwandi, 1970, 35 mm, black-and-white, sound, 110 minutes, 1.37:1, India.
- Robert Benton, Bad Company, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 93 minutes, 1.85:1, USA.
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Händler der vier Jahreszeiten, 1971, 35 mm, color, sound, 88 minutes, 1.37:1, West Germany.
- Robert Altman, Images, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 104 minutes, 2.39:1, UK.
- Jacques Rivette, L’Amour fou, 1969, 35 mm and 16 mm, black-and-white, sound, 252 minutes, 1.85:1, France.
- Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, Tout va bien, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 95 minutes, 1.66:1, France.
- François Truffaut, Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent, 1971, 35 mm, color, sound, 130 minutes, 1.66:1, France.
- Bob Rafelson, The King of Marvin Gardens, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 103 minutes, 1.85:1, USA.
- Joseph Losey, The Assassination of Trotsky, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 103 minutes, 1.85:1, UK.
- Luis Buñuel, Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 102 minutes, 1.66:1, France.
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Ultimo tango a Parigi, 1972, 35 mm, color, sound, 129 minutes, 1.85:1, Italy.
