Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Rouch, Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, Jean Douchet, Jean-Daniel Pollet (Paris vu par, France, 1965)

By 1965 the French New Wave—though no longer exactly new—was still fresh, experimental and oh-so-in-love with Paris. In the delightful portmanteau film Six in Paris, a sextet of directors sends us cinematic postcards all set in neighborhoods of their own choosing (though not all of these postcards are of the “wish you were here” variety). Shot by noted cinematographers such as Nestor Almendros and Albert Maysles in 16mm color—in those early verité days an experiment in itself—Six in Paris represents the crème de la crème of the French New Wave: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Rouch, Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer, along with the lesser known Jean Douchet (better known as a writer at Cahiers du Cinema) and Jean-Daniel Pollet. All write and direct stories ranging from the amusing to the unsettling, from the odd to the urbane, each episode structured around the particular neighborhood’s topography. The stories are all wonderful in themselves, but just as delightful is the glorious time-capsule aspect of the film: Paris streets abuzz with Citroëns and scooters, bustling cafés and chic fashions.

Written by Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Rouch, Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, Jean Douchet, Jean-Daniel Pollet. Photographed by Nestor Almendros, Albert Maysles, Étienne Becker, Alain Levent, Jean Rabier. With Stéphane Audran, Claude Chabrol, Barbet Schroeder, Claude Melkin, Micheline Dax (95 min. New Yorker Films)

October 11, 7:00 pm, Landmark's Clay Theatre
October 12, 9:30 pm, Landmark's Clay Theatre