Dis Voir - Les presses du réel

Raoul Ruiz
Poetics of Cinema

1995

English edition

First collection of essays on cinema by the French-Chilean filmmaker.

Raoul Ruiz
Poétique du cinéma

1995

French edition

First collection of essays on cinema by the French-Chilean filmmaker.

Peter Greenaway
The Baby of Mâcon

1994

French edition

In a time of plague when the community of the cathedral city of Mâcon is struck with infertility, a beautiful, healthy child is born. He is immediately seen as an opportunity for profit, both by his own sister and by the Church. The newborn brings prosperity and is considered to be a saint. Until greed and ambition lead to his tragic demise.

Peter Greenaway
The Falls

1993

English edition

A commission examines a sample of 92 persons subject to an enigmatic obsession with birdwatching and flying: a fictional investigation playing with the codes of documentary journalism which served as a script for Greenaway's film The Falls.

Peter Greenaway
The Falls

1993

French edition

A commission examines a sample of 92 persons subject to an enigmatic obsession with birdwatching and flying: a fictional investigation playing with the codes of documentary journalism which served as a script for Greenaway's film The Falls.

Atom Egoyan

1993

English edition

A study on Atom Egoyan's early works.

Atom Egoyan

1993

French edition

A study on Atom Egoyan's early works.

Peter Greenaway
Rosa

1993

English edition

The libretto to the opera Rosa, with music by the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen.

Peter Greenaway
Rosa

1993

French edition

The libretto to the opera Rosa, with music by the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen.

Jean-Yves Bosseur
Sound and the Visual Arts – Intersections between Music and Plastic Arts Today

1992

English edition

Art production of the last few decades has given rise to an increasing number of ambiguous or paradoxical situations related to the musical form (score, stage area, lute-making, CD, video...) thus transcending the traditional divisions between space, time and movement.

$Jean-Yves Bosseur - Le sonore et le visuel - Intersections musique-arts plastiques aujourd\'hui$

Jean-Yves Bosseur
Le sonore et le visuel – Intersections musique-arts plastiques aujourd'hui

1992

French edition

Art production of the last few decades has given rise to an increasing number of ambiguous or paradoxical situations related to the musical form (score, stage area, lute-making, CD, video...) thus transcending the traditional divisions between space, time and movement.

$François Dagognet - In Favour of Today\'s Art - From the Object of Art to the Art of the Object$

François Dagognet
In Favour of Today's Art – From the Object of Art to the Art of the Object

1992

English edition

A compelling read on the status of the object in contemporary art and design.

$François Dagognet - Pour l\'art d\'aujourd\'hui - De l\'objet de l\'art à l\'art de l\'objet$

François Dagognet
Pour l'art d'aujourd'hui – De l'objet de l'art à l'art de l'objet

1992

French edition

A compelling read on the status of the object in contemporary art and design.

Paysages virtuels

1991

French edition

Giving a good introduction to the virtual realm, this book examines, through art, science and culture, the two visual forms and utopias that exemplifies our modern era: video and computerized images.

Traces of Dance

1991

English edition

Traces of Dance brings together scores, drawings, sketches, notes, graphics and paintings, which contributes to define a textuality of movement between writing and image.

Danses tracées

1991

French edition

This publication brings together scores, drawings, sketches, notes, graphics and paintings, which contributes to define a textuality of movement between writing and image.

Anne-Marie Duguet
Jean-Christophe Averty

1991

French edition

Monograph dedicated to the work of French television filmmaker, producer, scenarist, and video art pioneer Jean-Christophe Averty.

Raoul Ruiz
The Book of Disappearances & The Book of Tractations

1990

English edition

A correspondence between a Moor and a Christian in 1666 at the time of false prophets and multiple conversions. Somewhere between official speeches and secret dealings, an allegory of contemporary colonialism...

Raoul Ruiz
Le Livre des Disparitions & des Tractations

1990

French edition

A correspondence between a Moor and a Christian in 1666 at the time of false prophets and multiple conversions. Somewhere between official speeches and secret dealings, an allegory of contemporary colonialism...

Technologies et imaginaires – Art cinéma – Art vidéo – Art ordinateur

1990

French edition

Considering the relationship between technology and imagination , this book undertakes a mediological reflection on the current cross-hybridization of media which exacerbates and enriches the inherent differences between cinema, video and images. Included, a dictionary of international video-makers and their works.

Peter Greenaway
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

1989

English edition

currently out of stock

The complete script of the film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, a tragic tell about revenge and an allegory for Thatcherism. Greenaway reveals himself not only as a great creator of cinematographic splendors but also as an authentic writer who seeks literary imagery and metaphor.

Peter Greenaway
Le cuisinier, le voleur, sa femme et son amant

1989

French edition

currently out of stock

The complete script of the film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, a tragic tell about revenge and an allegory for Thatcherism. Greenaway reveals himself not only as a great creator of cinematographic splendors but also as an authentic writer who seeks literary imagery and metaphor.

Daniel Larrieu

1989

French edition

The first monograph dedicated to the choreographer's work.

Manoel de Oliveira
Les Cannibales

1989

French edition

currently out of stock

Inspired by a short story by Alvaro de Carvalhal, a Portuguese writer who died in 1861 at the age of 23, and who was the author of unusual tales which were published posthumously, this libretto, written by Oliveira, is a complete transcription of his filmed opera The Cannibals.

Peter Greenaway
Drowning by Numbers

1988

English edition

Drowning by Numbers tells the story of three women from different age groups named Cissie Colpitts who each have murdered their husbands by drowning them. The narrative structure of the film underlies a numerical order based on the number 100. A fascinating riddle on man's relationship with death and time.

Jean-Claude Gallotta

1988

French edition

Monograph.

Manoel de Oliveira

1988

French edition

The first monograph to explore the entire work of the master of Portuguese film (interview with and visual lay-out by Manoel de Oliveira).

Raoul Ruiz

1987

French edition

A retrospect on the abundant work of this poetic artist, explorer of images and builder of labyrinths who expresses himself on film, in the theater and in his writings. Interview with, and visual lay-out by Raul Ruiz.

Peter Greenaway

1987

French edition

This monograph points up the many facets of Greenaway's work—pictorial, literary, musical and philosophical—all of which are inherent to his films.

Claude Poizot
Milos Forman

1987

French edition

~~27.70~~ 22.00 €

Reference monograph.

Peter Greenaway
The Baby of Mâcon

1994

English edition

sold out

In a time of plague when the community of the cathedral city of Mâcon is struck with infertility, a beautiful, healthy child is born. He is immediately seen as an opportunity for profit, both by his own sister and by the Church. The newborn brings prosperity and is considered to be a saint. Until greed and ambition lead to his tragic demise.