Captain Ahab

Courtesy French Culture  Fri, 08/22/2008 - 17:04

Scene Photo French filmmaker Philippe Ramos imagines the backstory of Moby Dick's most famous character in five chapters, from his escape from a harsh childhood in the New England hinterlands to his final destiny at sea.

Starring Denis Lavant.

“Ramos gives Ahab the biography he was denied in the novel, but likewise ends up face to face with the character's essential mystery, offering us one of the most beautiful imaginings of 19th-century America ever seen in cinema.”—Elisabeth Lequeret, Film Comment...


 

More related items

Godard from 1960-1967
The Cleveland Cinematheque will show a series of 10 features from Godard's most fecund period from 1960 to 1967. French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard virtually sprinted through the 1960s, making...

Phillipe Grimbert: Q&A and Book Signing
Author Philippe Grimbert will participate in a Q&A session and book signing after screenings of director Claude Miller's A Secret, a film based on Grimbert's award-winning novel, Memory. Q&A...

George Catlin's Amazing Career
On Tuesday, August 19, the Wisconsin Historical Museum offers a fascinating look at the person who, perhaps more than anyone else, shaped 19th-century America's concept of Indians. During the...

Brahms: The Cello Sonatas

Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-21


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
society-culture.marc8.com