Jean Eustache Shorts Program 2



Wednesday, April 16th 2008, 8:00 pm

Jean Eustache

Update 4/10. Due to the unavailability of a suitable print, ROBINSON’S PLACE, in the Eustache Shorts Program #2, will be replaced by: THE LOST SORROWS OF JEAN EUSTACHE (LA PEINE PERDUE DE JEAN EUSTACHE, Angel Diaz, France 1997, 52 min., Digital Projection) A moving and informative inquiry into the life and work of the legendary French filmmaker, who took his own life in 1982.

SANTA CLAUS HAS BLUE EYES (LE PÈRE NOËL A LES YEUX BLEUS, Jean Eustache, France 1966, 50 min., French/subtitles) Standing in for Eustache, Jean-Pierre Leaud stars as a young man trying to make ends meet in the provincial town of Narbonne, who takes a job dressing up as Santa Claus for the holidays.