How to capture life in a parisian square
Director Jean-Christian Riff
Countries France
Duration 73 min
Synopsis
In October 1974, Georges Perec took up residence for three consecutive days on Place Saint Sulpice in Paris. He noted down what he saw in a 50-page collection of texts: people going about their daily business, vehicles, animals, clouds and the passing of time. This film adopts the same approach, showing Place Saint Sulpice today with Georges Perec’s texts read in voice-over. The viewer would appear to be hearing a description of the same place today.
In October 1974, Georges Perec took up residence for three consecutive days on Place Saint Sulpice in Paris. He noted down what he saw in a 50-page collection of texts: people going about their daily business, vehicles, animals, clouds and the passing of time. This film adopts the same approach, showing Place Saint Sulpice today with Georges Perec’s texts read in voice-over. The viewer would appear to be hearing a description of the same place today.