A 100-minute love letter to outsiders who'd rather steal a camera than follow rules.
The episode of Gérard Courant's Carnets filmés, Crime contre le cinéma (December 25, 2006 to December 2, 2006) is divided into four parts: Colas Ricard at Centre Pompidou, Joseph Morder at La Rochelle, the Filmer à tout prix Festival in Brussels, and Michel Nedjar and Jakobois at Centre Pompidou.
Direction
Courant's 40-year commitment to filming literally everyone he meets.
Production
Zero budget, maximum archival instinct — cinema as hoarding.
Writing
No script, just lives unfolding in stubborn real-time.
Director
Gérard Courant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Courant's 'Carnets filmés' spans 40+ years and 3,000+ hours — this episode captures a dying moment before phone cameras democratized 'guerrilla filmmaking.'
The title's date paradox (Dec 25 TO Dec 2, 2006) is either a typo or perfect absurdist statement — with Courant, deliberately unclear.
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