Apocalypse Carle: The Making of Maria Chapdelaine
Starting in the 1960s, Super 8 gave an entire generation the opportunity to shoot their own films and fostered the emergence of a new, resolutely independent cinema. In Quebec, this movement was championed by the Association pour le jeune cinéma québécois, which founded the Quebec International Super 8 Film Festival in 1980. Jean Hamel, co-founder of this landmark event, is the guest programmer for this film series, which accompanies the publication of our thematic issue dedicated to this period. These programs, featuring films primarily drawn from our collections and digitized for the first time, offer a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the vibrancy and creativity of the Super 8 era.
Accompanied by a discussion with filmmaker Raymond Dupuis about filming in Super 8
A unique document, Apocalypse Carle records the crucial moments of the fascinating collective effort involved in making a film, bringing the spectator face to face with the intractable problems Gilles Carle and his crew had to wrestle with. Above the bustle and din rises the imposing figure of the director, Gilles Carle, flexible, yet demanding, full of humour, through moments of panic and anger, in quest of his ultimate goal: the creation of "the symphony of images and madness the result of which can never really be known until opening night".
