107. Chantal Akerman: Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Description
It’s about time. We tackle Chantal Akerman’s Sight and Sound topping Jeanne Dielman, and begin our series on her singular career. Ben introduces Akerman’s career, spotlighting her fierce conviction and crystalline vision, Eli loops in a melodramatic reading, and Wilson zeroes in on an ending that explosively caps off a 3.5h opus. And if you’re struggling with how to approach this film, as entertainment or as art, just remember: it’s about time.
Links:
Behinds the scenes of Jeanne Dielman
Stephen Gillespie’s Letterboxd review
Angelica Jade Bastien on Longlegs
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:03 General reactions
00:13:26 The S&S list
00:16:24 Akerman's career
00:23:45 Plot summary and structure
00:29:20 Cinematography and spatial representation
00:32:14 Depictions of women and melodrama
00:34:35 How Akerman directs Seyrig
00:37:53 Everything is "real"
00:39:10 Time
00:42:14 Patterning
00:46:40 What triggers the breakdown
00:50:16 Relationship between mother/son
00:57:18 Rituals
00:59:24 The movie exists as many things
01:00:25 It's place as #1 film
01:04:10 Akerman's conviction and vision
01:07:43 Scene dissections
01:13:04 Exterior scenes
01:16:47 Existential crisis
01:19:12 In conversation with cinema and larger culture
01:21:56 Ending
01:30:36 Outro
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