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America as Seen by a Frenchman: Directed by François Reichenbach. With Jean Cocteau, Paul Klinger, June Richmond. Satirical documentary, shot in all parts of the US, showing various aspects of American behavior.
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- Documentary
- François Reichenbach
- 1960-06-08
America as Seen by a Frenchman ( French: L'Amérique insolite) is a 1960 French documentary film directed by François Reichenbach. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis. At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse regions, their inhabitants, and their pastimes. The result is a journey through a multitude of different Americas, filtered through a French sensibility.
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AMERICA AS SEEN BY A FRENCHMAN. François Reichenbach France, 1960. Documentary. 91. CAUTION. Co-written with Chris Marker, this French New Wave travelogue both delights in the carnival that is American abundance and lifts the lid on cookie-cutter uniformity to reveal inequality and waste beneath.
French filmmaker Francois Reichenbach travels through the United States, from attractions on the West Coast, including Disneyland, to the skyscrapers of New York.
- Documentary
Currently you are able to watch "America as Seen by a Frenchman" streaming on ARROW. Synopsis At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse regions, their inhabitants, and their pastimes.
