Italian actor VIttorio Gassman on the set of Keanin 1956, film co-directed with Francesco Rosi. www.bridgemanimages.com/Bridgeman Images
CRITICISM – The Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation devotes a rich exhibition accompanied by a retrospective of the adaptations of the work of the author of Three Musketeers At the movie theater.
One for all and all Dumas for the cinema. The three Musketeers, The Count of Monte-Cristobut also Queen Margot, The Black Tulip, The Knight of Maison-Rouge, Kean, La Dame de Monsoreau, The Queen’s Necklace… The historical novels and the theater of d’Artagnan’s literary father have nourished the seventh art since the beginnings of silent cinema, more than a century ago. The great filmmaker Jean Renoir summed up this prolific Dumas manna in one stroke: “I was around ten years old when I discovered Alexandre Dumas. I’m still discovering it…”
The new rereading by Martin Bourboulon of the Three Musketeers suggested a great idea to the Pathé Foundation: to organize a rich exhibition which would return to the adaptations of the work of Dumas in 24 images/seconds, accompanied by a retrospective within its walls. Some 200 documents, nearly 100 film extracts, costumes, props, photographs, posters, storyboards, directors’ notes, drawings…
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