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Alain Resnais

Filmmaker

French·b. 1922

Known for:

Hiroshima mon amour (1959), Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

Education:

IDHEC, Paris; studied editing at CLCF

Alain Resnais directed Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and Last Year at Marienbad (1961), two films that dismantled linear narrative and the distinction between memory and present experience with a formal invention that still has no real successor. He had begun as a documentary filmmaker, most notably with Night and Fog (1956), a 32-minute film about the Nazi concentration camps that remains among the most morally serious of all documentaries. He continued directing until his death at 91.

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Panavision Panaflex Platinum

Panavision

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Used Panaflex Platinum for Coeurs (2006) with DP Eric Gautier.

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The Panaflex Platinum is a 35mm sync-sound film camera introduced by Panavision in 1986 as a successor to the GII Golden Panaflex. It runs at 4 to 36 fps forward and reverse with crystal control, has a variable shutter adjustable from 50 to 200 degrees while running, and uses dual full-fitting registration pins for improved image steadiness. The Platinum served as Panavision's flagship 35mm camera until the Millennium replaced it in 1997.

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Aaton 35-III

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Used Aaton 35-III alongside Panaflex Platinum for Coeurs (2006) with DP Eric Gautier.

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The Aaton 35-III is a compact, lightweight 35mm sync-sound motion picture camera introduced by the French manufacturer Aaton in 1989. It features a PL lens mount, 4-perf movement with Super 35 coverage, instant-change magazines, and Aatoncode timecode recorded directly onto the film edge, eliminating the need for slates. A 3-perf option was added in 2002.