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Relevant movies

Documentaries (in french)

L’Hôtel Mezzara : Une Leçon d’Hectorologie (A Lesson of “Hectorology”)

Guiom Virantin, 2007,8 min 15 s.

Produced with the help of the Cercle Guimard and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.

Backed by music by Siso and a text spoken by Noémie Bernard, the camera offers a poetic and
dreamy “reading” of this townhouse masterpiece, shown at the 2006 exhibition “The Guimard Style – A Collector’s Album”.

Guiom, filmmaker

Cent Ans du Métro Parisien (A Hundred Years of the Paris Subway)

Jacques Tréfouël
1999, 52 min.

(TV channels La Cinquième-Arte)

Hector Guimard, un Architecte et ses Folies (An Architect and His Follies)

Pascal Kané, 1992, 42 min.

A “fictional documentary” shown during the Guimard exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay in 1992.

According to the film package: “Starting from a porcelain door handle discovered at the flea market, the writer and art lover Rafaël Pividal reconstitutes the trail of Hector Guimard, one of the Art Nouveau masters. From townhouses to the Métro entrances without forgetting the Castel Béranger – an exceptional apartment house -, the film attempts to reveal this creator’s approach and, basically, his production.”

(Les Films d’Ici)

Le Modern’Style à Paris

Georges Franju, 1967, 6 min 27 s

Hectorologie, ou l’œuvre d’Hector Guimard vers 1900 (« Hectorology » – Around 1900)

Alain Blondel, Yves Plantin, 1966, 12 min.

Backed by music of the composer Jef Gilson and a text spoken by José-Maria Flotats, and twice a prizewinner (Max Ophüls Short Subject Festival in 1966 and the Golden Lion at the 7th Venice Art Film Festival), this documentary transports the viewer on a fluid and playful visit to the “universe” of Hector Guimard. The “organic” architectural details underscore the delicacy of the sculpted furniture and decorative pieces, with a reciprocity that enables one to admire his most representative works, some of which have since been destroyed.

(Roland Collection – VHS or Pay-per-View version)

Art Nouveau: Equivoque 1900 (Ambiguous 1900)

Maurice Rheims, 1966, 14 min.

(Roland Collection – VHS or Pay-per-view version)

Métro

Roger Leenhardt, 1950, 23 min. A black/white documentary filmed for the fiftieth anniversary of the Paris subway.

This edited collection of period shots shows the construction and upkeep of the Métro as well as several stations.

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Paris 1900

Nicole Védrès, 1948, 1 h 19 min.

A black/white French film : Nicole Védrès became enamored of the turbulent early 20th century Paris. This documentary is an edited collection of period news films, fiction productions and period amateur films.

Concerning Guimard, it shows: the inauguration of Métro Line N° 1 by the Paris Prefect Lépine and a view of a bustling Métro exist, perhaps at the Argentine station.

Concerning that other Art Nouveau architect Jules Lavirotte, there is a view of the doorway and part
of the façade of his masterpiece apartment house on Avenue Rapp in Paris.

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Guimard’s Production Viewed in Fiction Films

Chéri

Stephen Frears, 2009.

Partly shot at Guimard’s Mezzara Townhouse.


Casper

Brad Silbering, 1995.

Includes shots of Gaudi’s Casa Battlo in Barcelona, some chairs by Mackintosh, a table lamp by Behrens and – a short moment – a replica of the Maison Coillot’s chimney by Guimard (Lille).


La Puce à l’Oreille

Jacques Charon, 196, 1 h 35

Partly shot at the Castel Henriette.


La Métamorphose des Cloportes

Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1965, 1 h 42 min.

Partly shot at Guimard’s Castel Henriette.


What’s New, Pussycat

Clive Donner, 1965, 1 h 48 min.
With Peter Sellers, Peter O’Toole, Romy Schneider, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, Jacques Balutin, etc.

The first film written by Woody Allen, this is a psychedelic comedy, shot in part at Guimard’s Castel Henriette.

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Sans Merveille

Michel Mitrani, 1964.

Partly shot at the Castel Henriette.


La Ronde

Roger Vadim, 1964.

Partly shot at the Castel Henriette.


Judex

Georges Franju, 1963.

A studio decoration is much inspired by the north façade of the Guimard Townhouse, on the Villa Flore side.


Zazie dans le Métro

Louis Malle, 1960.

One scene shows, at the Bastille station, the Guimard kiosk and internal structure (later demolished).

 

The Art nouveau Paris architecture

Le Hérisson

Mona Acache, 2009.

Has as background an Art Nouveau building by the architect Charles Klein with glazed sandstone by the ceramicist Emile Müller.

 

Les Maisons de Paris (The Houses of Paris)

Marcel Gibaud, 1971, 11 min.

Among other Art Nouveau buildings filmed, this b/w documentary shows Jules Lavirotte’s apartment house on avenue Rapp, Paris VIIth.

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Les Bâtisseurs (The Builders)

Jean Epstein, 1938, 49 min.

This b/w documentary was commissioned by the National Federation of Building Workers Trade Union (affiliated to the CGT) and shot during the left-wing Popular Front period. It shows images of many Paris buildings, with several contemporary examples.

Concerning Guimard and Art Nouveau: a Métro entrance and several Art Nouveau facades.

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