About Cinématon
- Released on December 20, 1978
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 years from 1978 until 2006, it consists of a series of over 2,821 silent vignettes (cinématons), each 3 minutes and 25 seconds long, of various celebrities, artists, journalists and friends of the director, each doing whatever they want for the allotted time. Subjects of the film include directors Barbet Schroeder, Nagisa Oshima, Volker Schlöndorff, Ken Loach, Benjamin Cuq, Youssef Chahine, Wim Wenders, Joseph Losey, Jean-Luc Godard, Samuel Fuller and Terry Gilliam, chess grandmaster Joël Lautier, and actors Roberto Benigni, Stéphane Audran, Julie Delpy and Lesley Chatterley. Gilliam is featured eating a 100-franc note, while Fuller smokes a cigar. Courant's favourite subject was a 7-month-old baby. The film was screened in its then-entirety in Avignon in November 2009 and was screened in Redondo Beach, CA on April 9, 2010.
Full Cast of Cinématon
Gérard Courant plays N°0 / N°1000 / N°1001 / N°2000 / N°3000
Alain-Alcide Sudre plays N°5
Rose Lowder plays N°6
Bernard Roué plays N°7
Dominique Noguez plays N°8 / N°71 / N°319
Katerina Thomadaki plays N°9
Martine Elzingre plays N°12
Teo Hernández plays N°16 / N°481
Gaël Badaud plays N°17
Joseph Morder plays N°21 / N°74 / N°323 / N°1968 / N°2119
Martine Rousset plays N°22
Michel Nedjar plays N°27
Babette Mangolte plays N°31
Raymonde Carasco plays N°32
Stéphane Marti plays N°33
Boris Lehman plays N°34 / N°468 / N°1463 / N°2292
Raphaël Bassan plays N°41 / N°1736 / N°2050
Michael Snow plays N°44
Lionel Soukaz plays N°47
F.J. Ossang plays N°52
Gina Lola Benzina plays N°53
Erwin Huppert plays N°54
Marie-Noëlle Kauffmann plays N°56
Marcel Hanoun plays N°60
Stéphane Monclaire plays N°61
Howard Guttenplan plays N°65
Jean Douchet plays N°66
Joseph Losey plays N°76
Yvonne Rainer plays N°95
Manoel de Oliveira plays N°102
Ulrike Ottinger plays N°104
Derek Jarman plays N°105
Jean-Luc Godard plays N°106
Conny Schenk plays N°107
Jackie Raynal plays N°110 / N°2929
Paul Sharits plays N°120
Stephen Dwoskin plays N°121
Robert Kramer plays N°122
Jean-Michel Bouhours plays N°145
Christian Lebrat plays N°150
Serge Merlin plays N°158
Roland Lethem plays N°161
Marie Rivière plays N°172 / N°173
Imre Gyöngyössy plays N°174
Doreen Canto plays N°179
Kristin Kirkconnel plays N°180
Rosette plays N°192
Philippe Garrel plays N°193
Wim Wenders plays N°212
Noël Godin plays N°214
Maurice Pialat plays N°236
Sandrine Bonnaire plays N°238 / N°1742
Alf Bold plays N°246
Brigitte Sy plays N°250
Jakobois plays N°251
Werner Nekes plays N°261
Helmut Herbst plays N°262
Galaxie Barbouth plays N°264 / N°306 / N°447 / N°698 / N°895
László Szabó plays N°282
Peter Kubelka plays N°295
Philippe Sollers plays N°314
Frédéric Pardo plays N°318
Lucia Fioravanti plays N°321 / N°368
Yann Beauvais plays N°322
Philipe Bordier plays N°340 / N°421
Jean-Marie Straub plays N°342
Danièle Huillet plays N°343
Julie Delpy plays N°376
Gabriel Matzneff plays N°393 / N°2507
James Broughton plays N°409
Juliet Berto plays N°441
Fernando Arrabal plays N°442
Jacques Monory plays N°458
Pascal Martin plays N°485
Mireille Perrier plays N°505 / N°893
Béatrice Romand plays N°527 / N°764 / N°2215
Michel Mardore plays N°564
Volker Schlöndorff plays N°572
Margarethe von Trotta plays N°576
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor plays N°600 / N°621
Terry Gilliam plays N°601
Samuel Fuller plays N°602
Jessica Forde plays N°608
Barbet Schroeder plays N°651
Yasmine Haury plays N°701
Gabrielle Lazure plays N°747
Charlotte Véry plays N°765
Yoshishige Yoshida plays N°789
Mariola San Martin plays N°796 / N°829 / N°908
Nicoletta Braschi plays N°800
Roberto Benigni plays N°801
Véronique Delbourg plays N°804
Nagisa Ōshima plays N°806
Harun Farocki plays N°1068
Sergei Parajanov plays N°1083
Ultra Violet plays N°1084
Mike Kuchar plays N°1085
Jean Rouch plays N°1256
Brigitte Lahaie plays N°1512
Tonino De Bernardi plays N°1542
Jonas Mekas plays N°1590
Jean-Jacques Lebel plays N°1592
Anzhelika Nevolina plays N°1634
Gaspar Noé plays N°1749
Patrick Deval plays N°1985
Zouzou plays N°1988
Frédérique Devaux plays N°1991
Daniel Pommereulle plays N°2023
Serge Bard plays N°2026
Jacques Robiolles plays N°2028
Mauricio Hernández plays N°2052
Leïla Colin-Navaï plays N°2083
Jaap Pieters plays N°2115
Robert Cahen plays N°2233
Crew of Cinématon
Directing
Production
Camera
Writing
Crew
- Gérard Courant
- Alain-Alcide Sudre
- Rose Lowder
- Bernard Roué
- Dominique Noguez
- Katerina Thomadaki
- Martine Elzingre
- Teo Hernández
- Gaël Badaud
- Joseph Morder
- Martine Rousset
- Michel Nedjar
- Babette Mangolte
- Raymonde Carasco
- Stéphane Marti
- Boris Lehman
- Raphaël Bassan
- Michael Snow
- Lionel Soukaz
- F.J. Ossang
- Gina Lola Benzina
- Erwin Huppert
- Marie-Noëlle Kauffmann
- Marcel Hanoun
- Stéphane Monclaire
- Howard Guttenplan
- Jean Douchet
- Joseph Losey
- Yvonne Rainer
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Ulrike Ottinger
- Derek Jarman
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Conny Schenk
- Jackie Raynal
- Paul Sharits
- Stephen Dwoskin
- Robert Kramer
- Jean-Michel Bouhours
- Christian Lebrat
- Serge Merlin
- Roland Lethem
- Marie Rivière
- Imre Gyöngyössy
- Doreen Canto
- Kristin Kirkconnel
- Rosette
- Philippe Garrel
- Wim Wenders
- Noël Godin
- Maurice Pialat
- Sandrine Bonnaire
- Alf Bold
- Brigitte Sy
- Jakobois
- Werner Nekes
- Helmut Herbst
- Galaxie Barbouth
- László Szabó
- Peter Kubelka
- Philippe Sollers
- Frédéric Pardo
- Lucia Fioravanti
- Yann Beauvais
- Philipe Bordier
- Jean-Marie Straub
- Danièle Huillet
- Julie Delpy
- Gabriel Matzneff
- James Broughton
- Juliet Berto
- Fernando Arrabal
- Jacques Monory
- Pascal Martin
- Mireille Perrier
- Béatrice Romand
- Michel Mardore
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Margarethe von Trotta
- Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
- Terry Gilliam
- Samuel Fuller
- Jessica Forde
- Barbet Schroeder
- Yasmine Haury
- Gabrielle Lazure
- Charlotte Véry
- Yoshishige Yoshida
- Mariola San Martin
- Nicoletta Braschi
- Roberto Benigni
- Véronique Delbourg
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Harun Farocki
- Sergei Parajanov
- Ultra Violet
- Mike Kuchar
- Jean Rouch
- Brigitte Lahaie
- Tonino De Bernardi
- Jonas Mekas
- Jean-Jacques Lebel
- Anzhelika Nevolina
- Gaspar Noé
- Patrick Deval
- Zouzou
- Frédérique Devaux
- Daniel Pommereulle
- Serge Bard
- Jacques Robiolles
- Mauricio Hernández
- Leïla Colin-Navaï
- Jaap Pieters
- Robert Cahen