I met Bertrand Tavernier in Lyon in 1982 at the Chateau Lumiere when he came to announce that he was going to become the first president of the Institut Lumière.
He had just come off “Coup de Torchon” and his prestige was at its peak. As I was working for Positif magazine, I took the opportunity to question Bertrand about his love for films and his long relationship with the magazine. Shortly after I watched, bewildered, “Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory,” the Lumière brothers’ first film, released in 1895; understandably it was a crucial day for me. When I asked Bertrand if I could be a volunteer for the Institut Lumière, he said, “We are alone. Welcome!” To this day, I have never left rue du Premier-Film [where the Institut Lumière is located].
We quickly became friends. When he invited me on the shoot of “Life and Nothing But,” I knew I wanted to be by his side from then on.
He had just come off “Coup de Torchon” and his prestige was at its peak. As I was working for Positif magazine, I took the opportunity to question Bertrand about his love for films and his long relationship with the magazine. Shortly after I watched, bewildered, “Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory,” the Lumière brothers’ first film, released in 1895; understandably it was a crucial day for me. When I asked Bertrand if I could be a volunteer for the Institut Lumière, he said, “We are alone. Welcome!” To this day, I have never left rue du Premier-Film [where the Institut Lumière is located].
We quickly became friends. When he invited me on the shoot of “Life and Nothing But,” I knew I wanted to be by his side from then on.
- 3/31/2021
- by Thierry Frémaux
- Variety Film + TV
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