Gérard Courant

One year before starting his famous series “Cinematons”, Gerard Courant had made an ancestor to this series: the portrait of Martine ...

Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70’s pop culture. Courant posits that his cinema ...

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over ...

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over ...

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over ...

Reel 4 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

La Grande Famille by René Magritte in different sizes superimposed, animates the dove and gives an impression of continuous flight.

La Grande Famille by René Magritte in different sizes superimposed, animates the dove and gives an impression of continuous flight.

Reel 5 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

Reel 5 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

Legendary drag performer Ocaña in performance with a cardboard Marilyn on the west side of the Berlin Wall.

Legendary drag performer Ocaña in performance with a cardboard Marilyn on the west side of the Berlin Wall.

“This is the story of a search, that of a woman in pursuit of her own identity. This woman, Marie-Noëlle Kauffmann, ventures into the world ...

“This is the story of a search, that of a woman in pursuit of her own identity. This woman, Marie-Noëlle Kauffmann, ventures into the world ...

Early portrait of Ossang in Courant’s ongoing “Cinématon” series.

“This is the story of a search, that of a woman in pursuit of her own identity. This woman, Marie-Noëlle Kauffmann, ventures into the world ...

“This is the story of a search, that of a woman in pursuit of her own identity. This woman, Marie-Noëlle Kauffmann, ventures into the world ...

“This is the story of a search, that of a woman in pursuit of her own identity. This woman, Marie-Noëlle Kauffmann, ventures into the world ...

Un sanglant symbole is two films: the film of the image and the film of the voice. The film of the image was shot before the film of the voice. ...

Un sanglant symbole is two films: the film of the image and the film of the voice. The film of the image was shot before the film of the voice. ...

Un sanglant symbole is two films: the film of the image and the film of the voice. The film of the image was shot before the film of the voice. ...

Un sanglant symbole is two films: the film of the image and the film of the voice. The film of the image was shot before the film of the voice. ...

Un sanglant symbole is two films: the film of the image and the film of the voice. The film of the image was shot before the film of the voice. ...

A woman’s face under the light of life.

Dominique Paini’s portrait by Gérard Courant (1980 – silent).

Every year since 1980, I have filmed the Good Friday ceremony reconstructing the Passion of Christ in Burzet, a remote village in the Ardèche ...

Surroundings of the Canal Saint-Martin’s in Paris, a popular district where modernization is just about to begin.

Surroundings of the Canal Saint-Martin’s in Paris, a popular district where modernization is just about to begin.

Two New York women, Kristin and Doreen, live a black and white life, but in color of Gene Tierney, a star of 40’ Hollywood melodrama, while ...

Two New York women, Kristin and Doreen, live a black and white life, but in color of Gene Tierney, a star of 40’ Hollywood melodrama, while ...