Jacques Audiard (dialogue)
Jacques Audiard (screenplay)
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7 juillet 1993 (USA) suite
The narrator, "Barjo" (nutcase, crap artist), is an obsessive simpleton, given to filling his notebook with verbatim dialog... suite | add synopsis
Rewarding But Flawed Adaptation of the Great PKD Novel plus de (3 total)
| Richard Bohringer | ... | Charles | |
| Anne Brochet | ... | Fanfan | |
| Hippolyte Girardot | ... | Barjo | |
| Consuelo De Haviland | ... | Madame Hermelin | |
| Renaud Danner | ... | Michel | |
| Nathalie Boutefeu | ... | Gwen | |
| Jac Berrocal | ... | Mage Gerardini | |
| El Kebir | ... | Le gardien de l'usine | |
| Louise-Laure Mariani | ... | Petite fille | |
| Gilliane Sanki | ... | Petite fille | |
| Camille Gentet | ... | Fanfan enfant | |
| Charles-Elie Rouart | ... | Barjo enfant | |
| Lise Péault | ... | Irene Siccora | |
| Bertie Cortez | ... | Capitaine Cosmo | |
| Anne Bailly | ... | La femme métal | |
| Jean-Louis Lapassade | ... | Le père | |
| Stéphanie Nataf | ... | L'infirmière chef | |
| Olivier Coutard | ... | Un pilote du vaisseau spatial | |
| Jean-Pascal Chalard | ... | Un pilote du vaisseau spatial | |
| Yves Boivin | ... | Cosmonaute chef | |
| Roy Lekus | ... | Marmiton | |
| Jean-François Pierrard | ... | Un invité au mariage | |
| Alain Robak | ... | Infirmier |
Réalisé par | |||
| Jérôme Boivin | |||
Scénaristes(dans l'ordre alphabétique) | ||
| Jacques Audiard | dialogue | |
| Jacques Audiard | screenplay | |
| Jérôme Boivin | writer | |
| Philip K. Dick | novel | |
Produit par | |||
| Françoise Galfré | .... | executive producer | |
| Patrick Godeau | .... | producer | |
Musique originale | |||
| Hugues Le Bars | |||
Image | |||
| Jean-Claude Larrieu | |||
Montage | |||
| Anne Lafarge | |||
Création des décors | |||
| Dominique Maleret | |||
Création des costumes | |||
| Caroline de Vivaise | |||
Maquillage | |||
| Jean-Pierre Eychenne | .... | makeup artist | |
| Frank Provost | .... | hair stylist | |
Directeur de production | |||
| Pierre Dufour | .... | assistant production manager | |
| Jean-François Pierrard | .... | production manager | |
Assistant réalisateur | |||
| Serge Boutleroff | .... | assistant director | |
| Olivier Coutard | .... | second assistant director | |
Technicien du son | |||
| Pascal Despres | .... | boom operator | |
| Jean-Pierre Laforce | .... | sound mixer | |
| François Waledisch | .... | sound | |
Effets spéciaux | |||
| Olivier Zenenski | .... | special effects | |
Caméra et Département Electrique | |||
| François Coulin | .... | key grip | |
Département Casting | |||
| Catherine Deserbais | .... | extras casting | |
Divers | |||
| Laurent Flaesch | .... | animal trainer | |
| Michel Flaesch | .... | animal trainer | |
| Nathalie Vierny | .... | script girl | |
Barjo (Canada: English title) (USA)
Confessions of a Crap Artist
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85 min
Based on the Philip K. Dick novel "Confessions Of A Crap Artist." suite
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So much about this very faithful adaptation of Philip K. Dick's autobiographical mainstream novel _Confessions of a Crap Artist_ is right, that its shortcomings are all the more regrettable. Surprisingly, transplanting the story from 50's California to contemporary France is not one of them -- this works quite well. But the two central characters, the eponymous Jack and his sister Fay (here simply "Barjo" and "Fanfan") have been significantly changed, and not for the better. Barjo is much less edgy and marginal than Jack Isidore, making the sympathy he eventually earns for himself far less of a revelation. And Fay Hume, the irresistible, dynamic and dangerous tornado of a woman (based on Dick's third wife Anne) at the heart of the novel, is here dumbed down to just another suburban housewife -- it's hard to see why the Dick character, Michel, leaves his "perfectly good wife" for her. But the other characters are wonderfully drawn (particularly Fanfan's husband), and the source material is so very strong, that the film remains rewarding (with a particularly wonderful epiphany of an ending). 8/10.