The Akerman Year

The Akerman Year

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The Akerman Year episodes

  • Part 1: Domestic orders (ft. Justine Smith)

    For our appropriately gargantuan first proper episode, we welcome back fellow Lodger and film-studies veteran Justine Smith to dive in at the deep end with discussion of some of Akerman's early shorts, before moving onto the film Akerman is still far and away best known for, the 200-minute colossus Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles .

    Kate's piece on Dennis Hopper's Out of the Blue for Cinema Scope:

    https://cinema-scope.com/features/trouble-up-north-dennis-hoppers-out-of-the-blue/

    Akerman films discussed or mentioned in this episode:

    L'enfant aimé ou je joue à être une femme mariée _; _La chambre; Hotel Monterey; Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    Other films mentioned in this episode:

    Michael Snow - Wavelength; La Station Centrale; Standard Time
    Todd Haynes - [Safe], Carol
    Bette Gordon - Variety
    Marie-Claude Treilhou - Simone Barbès ou la vertu

    If you like the show or what we do generally, consider throwing us a few bucks to help cover our costs: https://paypal.me/kateandsimonpod

    Our intro music is performed by Sundar Subramanian. You can stream and buy his work here: https://sundarsubramanian.bandcamp.com/

    1 hr 56 min
  • Part 0: Blow up this town

    In our introductory episode, we give a high-level overview of Chantal Akerman's origins, tease the future of the podcast, and dive right into Akerman's spirited first short film, Saute Ma Ville (aka Blow Up My Town), made at the age of 18.

    If you like the show or what we do generally, consider throwing us a few bucks to help cover our costs: https://paypal.me/kateandsimonpod

    Our intro music is performed by Sundar Subramanian. You can stream and buy his work here: https://sundarsubramanian.bandcamp.com/

    31 min

About The Akerman Year

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Chantal Akerman's work stretched across mediums, formats, modes, concerns, countries, and production models, but only a handful of them have actually been seen by most cinephiles, especially in North…