Alain Resnais Movies

Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is devalued and alienated through colonial and...

The film narrates a utopian abandonment, consensual and festive of the market economy and high productivity. The population decides on a number of...

Two actors play eighteen different roles in a story that asks the question: would my life have been different if I had lit a cigarette?

Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured...

Two actors portray eighteen Yorkshire villagers, who offer several iterations of their lives depending on whether or not they lit a cigarette at a...

Filmmaker William Klein documents the Paris student riots that occurred in May of 1968.

Documentary about the movie theaters in Valencia that, since the seventies, had been closed or turned into department stores and bingo halls; dream...

A very rare and unknown documentary directed by Alain Resnais when he was still a student, part of his series about painters of his time.

An art short subject about a visit to a French painter.

Two actors play eighteen different roles in a story that asks the question: would my life have been different if I hadn't lit a cigarette?

A documentary on the filmmaker with a focus on music and voices in his work, featuring collaborators and critics including the filmmaker himself,...

A series of 43 documentary shorts, directed (without credit) by several famous French filmmakers and each running between two and four minutes. Each...

An experimental meditation on Times Square's marquees and iconic advertising that captures the concurrently seedy and dazzling aspects of New York's...

This is the legendary meeting between a young filmmaker and one of the masters of surrealism: the spanish painter Óscar Domínguez, born...

A short subject about a Dutch artist who worked in : sculpture, painting, photography, and typography.

Directed by Alain Resnais

A visit by the director to the studio of the artist is the basis for this documentary short subject.

Audio interview with Alain Resnais

An art short subject about a French surrealist painter, designer, and illustrator.