The Cinematic Life of Montreal: Photos by Bruno Massenet (1967)
Photographer Bruno Massenet has long been involved in Quebec cinema, both as a set photographer and as a reporter. In this context, he collaborated with the Montreal International Film Festival from 1965 to 1967. This selection features some of the highlights of the 1967 edition of this founding festival of Montreal cinephilia, as well as the World Exhibition of Animation Cinema, held simultaneously. The Bruno Massenet collection is preserved at the Cinémathèque québécoise.
Arthur Penn, Faye Dunaway, Jerry Schatzberg and Warren Beatty at the world premiere of Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde at the 1967 Montreal International Film Festival. ©Bruno Massenet | Collections de la Cinémathèque québécoise
Bruno Massenet
Bruno Massenet's photographic experience is quite diverse. He has been a set photographer for a number of Quebec productions, including La vraie nature de Bernadette, Gina and Mon oncle Antoine. He has also published photographic stories in Châtelaine, Perspectives, Maclean's, Time Magazine and others. He was chief photographer for the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and worked for the James Bay Energy Corporation, as well as for numerous advertising agencies. From 1962 to 1966, he was a set photographer for Radio-Canada, contributing to the magazine ICI Radio-Canada. From 1965 to 1967, he was the official photographer of the Montreal International Film Festival (FIFM), capturing the incredible effervescence of this event that welcomed the crème de la crème of world cinema. In 2015, the Sommets du cinéma d'animation dedicated an exhibition to him, Le cocktail du siècle, bringing together several photos taken during the 1967 Rétrospective mondiale du cinéma d'animation. The Cinémathèque holds the Bruno Massenet Fund, of great documentary and artistic value.
Photo: Alain Gauthier | Collections de la Cinémathèque québécoise
