What interested me in film was the image-making aspect of it. So, I went to school in cinematography. I was really convinced that image was what I wanted to do, and I think it came from the fact that I lived in a small town my whole life, but my mother was very interested in painting, so she would bring us to Paris for two weeks. So, we're going to the Louvre and to the museums and to see shows. In the evening we were seeing theater. Painting is basically what led me. I think the image was key.
What interested me in film was the image-making aspect of it. So, I went to school in cinematography. I was really convinced that image was what I wa… - Babette Mangolte
What interested me in film was the image-making aspect of it. So, I went to school in cinematography. I was really convinced that image was what I wa…
- Babette Mangolte
1968 in Paris renewed my options. There was suddenly a desire of inventing new things, and I while I was working as an editor, the assistant editor t… - Babette Mangolte
1968 in Paris renewed my options. There was suddenly a desire of inventing new things, and I while I was working as an editor, the assistant editor t…
I'm really interested in experimental works, so the people that I admired the most was Dziga Vertov, Sergey Eisenstein, people from the '20s. Also, I… - Babette Mangolte
I'm really interested in experimental works, so the people that I admired the most was Dziga Vertov, Sergey Eisenstein, people from the '20s. Also, I…
The experimental film scene was very much misogynistic as well. I don't know if you have read what little attention was given to the films of Joyce W… - Babette Mangolte
The experimental film scene was very much misogynistic as well. I don't know if you have read what little attention was given to the films of Joyce W…
I met Michael Snow and Stan Brakhage the second day after I arrived, you know. I had never seen or heard of Brakhage. For me, it was a revolution, be… - Babette Mangolte
I met Michael Snow and Stan Brakhage the second day after I arrived, you know. I had never seen or heard of Brakhage. For me, it was a revolution, be…
We had been affected by the fact that the film world was a man's world in Europe as much as here, in America actually. - Babette Mangolte
We had been affected by the fact that the film world was a man's world in Europe as much as here, in America actually.
It makes no sense to bad mouth people, but I think Jean-Luc Godard is astonishing as a survivalist, somebody who can do a film that is as extraordina… - Babette Mangolte
It makes no sense to bad mouth people, but I think Jean-Luc Godard is astonishing as a survivalist, somebody who can do a film that is as extraordina…
I felt it was really important to come here to see what was happening in New York. So, I came to see film and accidentally I stumbled upon theater, s… - Babette Mangolte
I felt it was really important to come here to see what was happening in New York. So, I came to see film and accidentally I stumbled upon theater, s…
When the cinematography school told me I would have no chance to get a job, I said, "It's irrelevant." My mom was a feminist in the '20s. She taught … - Babette Mangolte
When the cinematography school told me I would have no chance to get a job, I said, "It's irrelevant." My mom was a feminist in the '20s. She taught …
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