150. Éric Rohmer: A Summer’s Tale

<p>Fall in love with three beautiful podcast hosts; fumble the bag with all three. To prepare for our upcoming interview with director Mary Stephen, we study her work editing Éric Rohmer’s <em>A Summer’s Tale</em>. Almost five years following our initial series on the French auteur, have our thoughts changed on his calm naturalism? We compare his work to more recent <em>Deep Cut</em> director Hong Sang-soo, discuss the structure of his scenes, and wonder about how Stephen helped sculpt time in this film. Most importantly: do we really find that pouty French twink hot?</p><p>Spend your summer break in our FREE patreon, discord server, and our socials @ <a href="http://www.deepcutpod.com"><u>www.deepcutpod.com</u></a> </p><p><strong>Timestamps:</strong></p><p>00:00:00 Intro</p><p>00:06:00 A Summer Tale context</p><p>00:10:38 General reactions</p><p>00:20:02 Film structure and opening</p><p>00:24:47 Gaspard’s conundrum </p><p>00:30:48 Margot</p><p>00:36:08 What is the film trying to say?</p><p>00:38:15 Naturalism and conversations </p><p>00:44:05 The passage of time </p><p>00:46:15 The audience’s trust</p><p>00:50:17 Hong v Rohmer, closing tangents</p>