Felicia is joined by Frieda Beckerman to discuss Éric Rohmer’s film about a woman facing vacation ennui, in The Green Ray (1986).

We chat about how he created a character whose small problems we can all relate to, and why the multiple settings in France are imperative to the film’s energy..

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Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/04/green-ray-rayon-vert-review-eric-rohmer

https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/about-the-green-ray-of-jules-verne-and-eric-rohmer/

https://tmff.net/an-analysis-of-the-green-ray-1986/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/feature-articles/following-the-law-of-ones-own-being-the-crying-woman-in-the-green-ray/

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/close-up-on-eric-rohmers-the-green-ray-an-interview-with-marie-riviere

OUTRO SONG:

No Aloha - The Breeders

FILMS MENTIONED:
Working Girl (Mike Nichols 1988)

Autumn Tale (Éric Rohmer 1998)

Pauline at the Beach (Éric Rohmer 1983)

Borat (Larry Charles 2006)

To The Ends of the Earth (Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2019)

Summertime (David Lean 1955)

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