Jean Epstein is finally getting a coffret of restored DVDs very soon. He's a major figure and has been much neglected, although one has to admit that few of the impressionist filmmakers around him have fared much better. His reappraisal should also boost the reputation of his sister, Marie, a filmmaker in her own right and an extraordinary figure. It's impossible to see her performance in her brother's film Coeur fidèle (1923) without practically jumping out of your seat and asking "Who's that?" Well, maybe it's possible for some people, but not for me. I speak from experience.
A magnetic screen personality, Marie never acted again, but she co-wrote Coeur fidèle and several other major films by Jean, as well as those of Jean Benoît-Lévy. There's some suspicion that she may also have helped out on the direction of some of these, uncredited, but even without getting into guesswork we can...
A magnetic screen personality, Marie never acted again, but she co-wrote Coeur fidèle and several other major films by Jean, as well as those of Jean Benoît-Lévy. There's some suspicion that she may also have helped out on the direction of some of these, uncredited, but even without getting into guesswork we can...
- 2/20/2014
- by David Cairns
- MUBI
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