Jean-Jacques Birgé

Jean-Jacques Birgé

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Melting Rust 2019

Melting Rust explores the metaphorical power of colours. Inspired by an ideal city, Victoria (Transylvania, Romania), initially the tip of the petro-chemical industry, now ravaged by numerous accidents, it develops on hues with multiple evocations: green for nature, blue for the dream of a better life, red for love and drama, orange for rust… according to contrasting relationships, nothing being unequivocal.
Jean-Jacques Birge

Jean-Jacques Birge

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Night of the Seal 1974 (5.3)

In La Nuit du Phoque ("The Night of the Seal") they "decided to try everything imaginable"; the 41 minutes are packed to the brim with wild and utterly incomprehensible visual and textual shifts, including special effects, graphic but sensual love scenes, a hilarious Busby Berkeley-style "revolutionary ballet", a superb avant-garde gay cabaret number sung by Philippe Danton – imagine a cross between Rocky Horror and the Trout Mask era Magic Band – and any number of absurd cameos (I particularly like the surprise appearance of Sir Isaac Newton, who scares the shit out of some kids playing in a local park). As a period piece La Nuit du Phoque is unbeatable, and it alone would make an impressive bonus.